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ay: rain; south- 0 rly gales. Temperature Last 3 Hours ximum, Minimum, 44, Entered as Second Clase Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattlo, Wash. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Today noon, 43, Pharao Had fF. iy Downs Then His Ur A Man May "Have Gold But May Be Shy 2 2 Bits ATTLI SE WASH, THU RSDAY, The Seattle Star under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 , DE C 1920. 30, LATE EDITION BEACH HOUSE WASHED AWAY PARP PRL LPP DLP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PP PPP PPL PLP PAD (i TWO Cc ENTS. IN SE ATTLE BY HAL ARMSTRONG - } The newspapers were full of it at HARDING'S } the time—now Pharao Brow er @Mt telegraph operator, had fallen © & fortune worth millions to borrow two-bits from Gene, Ins to get to Butte | ¢ Gene was work United | ) Press wire in Tacon Pharao Was a persistent borrower; had been (fer yeara It was his ¢ : FORECAST First Tentative Slate of Ad- ministration Chiefs Is Announced BY RAY MOND CLAPPER (Copyright, 1920, by the United Press) MARION, ©., Dee, 30.—-The first cabinet slate has been virtually com @ustom to call upon Gene of an aft @rnoon, chat for an hour, make the Mtavariablie two-bit “touch” and de Part, deeply grateful. A more lovahje ne'erdowell never ved. With unconcealed Gene received him on the occasion @f cach visit, His coming was a Balm cheaply bought at the price of @® quarter. KS THE SAME ) QUESTIONS As he bad always come, so Pharao { pleasure pleted by Rresident-elect Harding, it was learned here today. ‘The tentative slate is understood to stand as follows Seeretary of state, Charis EL Hughes, New York. Seeretary of the treasury, Charies on that great final day, and beaming, He pulled a chair close to Gene's, tucked his sotled up into his sleeves, covered the ed edge of his derby with his arm laid across his lap, and in- @wired in tones of tenderest sym-/ Bary: |G. Dawes, Titinots. | "Gene, tel me, have you been| Secretary of war, A. T. Hert, Ken Well? Is everything all right?’ | tacky. eyes searched Gene's earnestly! Secretary of the navy, John W. Ger the truth. ile heid his breath. | Weeks, Massachusetts. “Fine,” assured Gene, as ever. | Attorney general, Harry M. Daugh “I'm glad of that.” And Pharno/ erty, Ohio, hed, contentedly, as if # great, Postmaster general, WU EL Haya, er-burdening weight had suddenly | Indiana. lifted from him. Secretary of the Interior, George “And your family?’ he was quick | Sutherland, Utah. ask. “And where is Bill now, and Secretary of agriculture, Heary C. oi Benny? ‘ailace, lowa. He had asked the tame Secretary of commerce, Charles h variations, on every visit as) Warren, Michigan. back as Gene could remember,| Seeretary of labor, Herbert Hoover, hen would come a recit of the | California. (Bittle tragedies in the If mutual | CAN CHANGE MIND “friends in which Ph own IF NECESSARY thetic condition would be almost tirely logs sight of—but not quite. | George B. Christian, Jr., of Marion, | * ish and Constance Talmadge EAD IN FLAMES” Film Stars in Double Wedding Dorothy Gi in Lead Roles Dot and Jim; Connie and John SHABBILY-DRESSED MAN PULLS $1,787 c old hadn't Ne 8 w ner Le declared night in When Ward his pos HOMES, CARD | GAME, STORE | ARE ROBBED cents He is Bteter 6 CHILD ARE VI Three Sons, Three Daugh-| ters Meet Death in | Flames FAIRFIELD, Conn., Dee. 30.—An entire family of sev- ity One Home Robbed of $716;) Night’s Spoils Total Over $1,000 Seven bandigg Wednesday night | and early Thursday committed eel clothe us the in th waa p ark and that the bru by nt n pu unt on thi ng pitas ve., 0, ked for three most extraordir cou ked Jeeputy Hin iF was dre FROM HIS CLOTHES Ward, 6 wed in that hk yearn raid ary y ke iffs He nty Jail toc up near Murphy. had pt ken to the county jail. money out of 1,787 and four floor. held for observation Ward declared that he lived at 120 Cogan tremerton. 1. a grocer living at Lake rest Park, said that Ward had been acting queerly in that viein- | a 140, S, PLANES OFF TO PANAMA | Flight Starts TI This Morning! From San Diego en was wiped out by a fire | ‘ring robberies, one of a drug store,| san pImGO, Cal, Dec. 30.—The here today. The victims were | *"°%«r of five men m a poker game which started on the flight to Felix Yakimovitch, 54, his 44 ® third of 9 Jap and his wife| Manama this morning, returned to : 4 | who were forced to entertain four | 54" Diego at 11 a. m — song and three daugh-| ree tn thelr home for three| ss Raed fe hours | SAN DIRGO, Cal, Dec. 30—The ——— navy seaplane flight from San a But a burglar made the greatest Diego t the Panama Canal zone) hal of all when he looted the home of David C. Blair, 4103 Fremont ave. |of $716. Of this amount $700 was Wednesday's receipts from Blair's Cigar store at 1508 Third ave. The loot from the three robberies and the burglary totaled $1,236 in| silver, currency and check#, a gold watch and a separate check for) $a1 Two masied men raided a card) gaime in an apartment at 522 Univer- witty «t My .o a nr a opp the point I% yh automatic pistols and escaped on foot after one of their | | Vietine had put out of commission | & F®\ the auto they were using. | ult of his conviction in the How-| Mike Roch, 172% 19th ave. who| ard street vice gang canes, was winning in the card game, was Murphy wae taken across the bay | principal jorer. Roch lost between to the penitentiary late yesterday. | $250 and $360, be said, | GANGSTER ON ‘WAY TO PRISON Murphy Jokes With San) Quentin Guards NCIBCO, Dec. 30.—Fd today was beim examined, bathed and Clnesified at San Quentin peniten- tiary, where he ts scheduled to spend one to 60 years of hin life station. the fligh' | Loma. it was officially under way at § | today when 12 planes of th | Following the departure ret 12 planes, two others took off at intervals until 8:50 a. m, when the | last plane bad left its moorings and | was following the others, | fading into the horizon, A total of 14 planes are making ot Se this afternoon that she a.m. of the |of the Pacific air force, personally | led the departing Miers. ship is the F-5-L seaplane No. The first stop of the flying fleet | ¥4s only | was scheduled for this afternoon at His flag-) 5 HOME AT MAGNOLIA BEACH IS WRECKED Waves Dash | Clear O Small Houses in Beach Colony; Bulkhead Out Breakers driven wind and on the crest today washed away a beach below Magnolia Bluff de » water. tle today was it did considerable damage to Magnolia beach colony. Star that spray was dashing from clear over F4 type! | bluft | Whether anyone was in the house |which the waves tore from | foundations was not known at Cnta, | hour. j head erected against the batt "before 0. tila vs a high tide © nall house on and this afternoon were drawifg it inte Altho the gale which swept Seat comparatively ght the / Watchers |from the bluff above telephoned The the waves the little homes which cling to the foot of the The colony of beach dwellers had }took off at North Island navy air|* *tout wood, rock and sand force of the waves, but the savage storm of a month ago tore out @ — long section of this protection. Mrs. Robert Burt, who lives on then fast | Magnolia bivd., almost directly above the spot where the house was wreck the house was a saa The TEN wate have started at}Water. and that one end about day light, but was delayed by | be sinking. heavy fog which hung around Point Today's gale, which was | West, reached only 38 miles an Captain Henry Mustin, commander |4t ‘ts highest point. The wind the ocean coast was going down day. Tatoosh light reported to | weather bureau that the wind t miles an hour. i ye i = son. | Understoad to have been decided} “Lats see, I'll be 76 years old) Pred Cooper, Outlook hotel, sur On every previous visit the COD-| upon for secretary to the president. | when 1 get out.” Murphy said, while | rendered $120. Jdmes Parker, 1723/1 clock at San Bartolme bay. The sation had ended with a beief : rendered $1.50. Jdmes Parker, 172 Harding, of course, in reserving the n route to prison. He Jaughed and} 194) had «broke in the |Next leg of the journey will take| tement from Pharao that he had }19th ave, had gone broke in the | 1)" ™ . right thruout to change his mind if} o rds who escorted them to Magdalena bay. They will} his job the week before, had joke@ with the guard: game and yielded nothing to the| th heck and was | 2? deems it wise and it is posable him and while on the ferry boat | robbers, aun tere OY 8 am ot Mew 66 ee Papidly spent his pay check and was! 1, wilt be obliged to shift hia men| ev! willingness to do battle| Year's day, thence taking flight y erly embarrassed. Could Geno let meee. @ wi | FLEES PAST GUNS OF y M “ to other powts tham those now in deck hand ordered him to/| jacross the Gulf of California to 5 have a quarter? He could?| peat im ‘° | ROBBERS; ESCAPES ‘ ” | mind for them. | quit smoking on the automobile| Banderias bay on Mexico's west ur low gracious! He would neve? for- . | | ; Sed Bathoos, fourth player, ¢* | coast. . a 4 . New names may have to be substi deck. It was expected Murphy Disclaims “Vamp” Traits “ this tast visit, Pharao had|tuted for those now on the lint.| | would bp assigned to the jute mill CAPed out the back door despite the | ut on leveled guns of the robbers, The thing more to say. pe ee Mierve a0 prt O8th player's mate and the amount Alleged by Mrs. Brooks “Gene,” he whispered, bending} Charles D. Hilles, New York, and |, While Murphy was leaving th?! 1. jost were not learned by police. : Yever close. “I have unusual news. George M. Reynolds, Chicago, for | j sal en route to the penitentiary be) yeaa, cape and an overcoat wei Charges made by Mrs, Carrie — It is so fortunate I scarcely dare |sreasurer; Congressman Juilus Kahn, passed James Carey, another mem! round in the street near Sixth one Booth in the alienation suit againgt — lieve it. But an hour ago I got a| California, for war; former Congress ea of the gang, who was returning | iniversity by Motorcycle Patrolman | Mrs. Valerie Dwyer were denied i am from the Western Union.|man J. J. Esch, Wisconsin, and J. from court where the jury had Just. B, Oakes Inter in the morning. | iday by Mrs. Dwyer. ‘was from my father in Butte. | Hampton Moore, Pennsylvania, for |found Carey guilty after being ae Baihoos, after fleeing from the} COLUMBUS, Ga, Dec, 30.—Eight| She was moved to make a statey “It said he had struck it rich, | commerce; Governor Campbell, Art only 12 minutes. The verdict bad) room where the robbery was going |negroes were surrounded in a house |Ment of her position at this time Gmmensely rich, and that he was/| zona, for interior; Albert J. Bever- |been reached on the first ballot. | on want around to the front of the |near Kurisboro, Ala., by a posse, fol. |She -said, because of an alleged at ving me a mine—a gold mine, ail| idge, Indiana, for labor. | _ Carey will bessentenced Monday, | arartment house and saw an auto! lowing a battle between whites and|tempt to poison Mrs. Booth By, B my own. Gene, advise me; what| Most of the first line men under Judge Ward announced. eakeae if treat af bins Diacke last night in which severai|means of drugged candy sent this ould you do?” consideration are targets for erit : He suspected it was being used by| persons were said to have been |the mails “Investigate,” said Gene. “By all) icisem from one quarter or another, the robbers, so he disconnected the | wounded, some fatally, according to| “The statements are so utterly ae ans, old man, find out about it.|and thege influences in some in wiring under the hood. He noticed | reports received here carly today |false in every particular, that I - ly best wishes go with you.” | Stances may cause Harding to the number was 98968 | Dets i iver | have been relying upon the outcome — “Well, in that case, Gene,” Pharao| change his mind before inaguration A few minutes later the two ban a meee ara ee net vive |of the case to afford me a complete: @plied, “could you iet me have a y. Announcement of the com- dies caeeh ok of tun tale ta ret rng ty eats. Rebaerceneats | saci ation." she said. “It dragal a Searter? 1 haven't the money to get | pleted cabinet is not expected much haste, evidently fearing Balhoos had m rushed to Kurtsboro and aiong, however, thru no fault of ly of 4 to Butte.” | before March 4, but the secretary of léapded tu Gn alarm. They released supply of guns and ammunitions | 1 ine. and now-a notoriety secker ha! ‘That was nome seyen years ago.| treasury may be made known within | After an exciting dash for liberty | ine brake of the auto and coasted |® Dens sent from here |seized upon a clumsily arranged got the money and hit a/ two weeks | Tuesday night and an all-night vigil! gown to Union st., but the engine ee poison attempt to be the heroine of freight train for the smoky Montana | REWARDS SERVICE on the part of guards, Harry Smith,| would not work because of the dis a sensation and renew this attack — @ city. Yesterday Gene walked into| AND ABILITY | known as a dangerous criminal, serv: | Connection eon ul uilty 0 against me. ~The Star office. He had come back! Harding will discuss the cabinet ing @ year’s sentence at the county} two robbers then abandoned lama eran's widow, support from the South, after five years’|«ituation at length today with Sena stockade for carrying concealed wea: | ar and ran north ing myself and two children by my @beence, to take a 1 news wire|tor Knox, } yivania, and Harry pons, is at large, it became knowN| gergts, H. T. Kent and A.J. Wilkes 0 ing xcep own labor, and attending strictly to Job that was open here |M. Daugherty. Edward B, McLean, | Thursday, Smith had served On€/ang Lieut. Gus Hasselblad and a |my own business and my family. A REAL MBENE AND jchairman of the inaugurating com day of his sentence squad of patrolmen were started in| >) cent I earn is spent on my A REAL FORTUNE | mittee, is also due to go over tenta | File edcape is said to have been| pursuit of the robbers, but beyond| wning a or jown and my children’s necessities: “Remember Pharao Brown?” he| ti arrangements for the cere- effected in reckleas fashion. He was] finding the maxks, caps and overcoat | The charge that I have spent money inquire monies on Mar@ 4 | cutting timber under the surveillance | got no trace of them. D, F. Leon, an enginer living at|}0n expensive articles for other men We certainly did. | Some of Harding’s cabinet selec. of guards, when he suddenly leaped| Roch described one robber as being | 35th 8. W. and Helena st., owns a/|!s 8s ridiculous as it is false. “And the story about his fortune| tions will be rewards for political “ into the woods and ards, dis | about 25, of light build and dark | Ford bug I have none of the qualifications } in Butte?” | eer ce, but others, notably Hughes, #2 iG ee: a mre covering his absence, a few}complexton, The other was younger| It's the only thing he is guilty of, j of a ‘vantp,’ nor have I any desire Yes, yes; of course f Dawes and Hoover, will be included futile shots and organized searching | and «malier, he said jaccording to the final decision of | to be one “Well, the mine was real"and so| because of their trair and 4 Dorothy Gish (top) and Constance Talmadge (below). | parties | The auto used by the bandits was|Police Judge John B, Gordon I presume © matter filed in aia Vv Pp. a . , was the fortune He's worth mil-| Daugherty managed Harding aerate stolen from L. Lathrope, at 20 Fifth} It ms that P Hardin, | becomes public property, but it would 3 tods I met him down in| campaign for the sen and for the NEW YORK, Dee. 20.—Here’s the | until today. lave. N., Wednesday night, He had| 44th ave. 8. W., was held up by|be hard to realize the harm that “Louis Ky. It was last winter.| presidency, and is the most trusted | latest movie relen The Wedding | It wasn't an elopement. Constance left it in the street, as he wished to/Dandits several days ago. A block |Comes from giving publicity to false I had just left the office and was | man tn the councils of the pre nt-{of the Stars,” featuring both Miss|and Dorothy, who have been chums} make an early start for Everett thia|from the scene was found the Ford |#d slanderous statements when @ hurrying out to get & bite 6f lunch, | elect i Constance Talmadge and Miss|for years, just decided to get mar. morning. The auto was returned to| bug, still warm and palpitating with |!one woman’s good name and the The night was nast Hert, national committeeman from | Dorothy Gish ried together, At a dinner in the | hie Phureday excitement. In the flivver were sev. | 809d name of her children are at “1 was walking fast, but- someone | Kentucky, swung a big block of dele-| “Added attraction,” Santa Claus! Hotel St. Regis Christmas night, at | OVE ns of corn whis stake, behind me was walking faster || ates to Harding at a critical m jhimself, in the role of Dan Cupid tended by the four young people and | WHILE re M said the local Hawkshaws, nn 4 in at the restaurant rned nent during the Chicago conventio: Ibert 8. Mead, justice c ne peace | some ves, Dorethy simp! ‘i _ turned in at the restaurant, turned | ™ tris ae ere) aoe ny hei ger tinier a rag Dorethy simply an) severe arraignment by George Ol| While David ©. I his wite H wip see who was following me, and|He also comes from the South, and|of Greenwich, Conn., played the par-| nounced Jimmy and I are going! nah) tres f poll suthorities | Jessie and two sons were sleeping it happened, when Leon tele. " o Brown {Harding i# desirous of ng that | son. © be married tomorrow, and so are} "0% Sttorney, OF polic par ee new af z ry phoned “that someone ‘had stole: } Beere was Pharao Br + pt te age BR atry- J . 52/00 SERVED Seeeereee> Se a who arrest men merely because | carly Thuraday. $700 in currency and | Phoned that someone ‘had stolen his | “He grabbed my hand and wrung | *¢ction a place in his official famil. Minor parta are played by John | Consta and John ear, the police told him to report at i beaming one of his old time| Hays, a» national chairman, by|Ptalogiou, a business man, and| Both girls are 21, Jialogiou, who| they are unemployed,” preceded dis-/checks contained in two leather! 1. sauarters, and he was promptly les. Woe sat down and at tradition goes into the postoffice de-| James Rennie, an actor in “legiti-|is New York repr hig] ment hy, Justioe af the Renee Gs Ww. / Maat on the ersteer in, BONY POP coceaaned When he Showed wp. Mewes ‘ arniles. e do’ and ate to. ea Rennie, an acto ave ben or Thursday of the cases of | was stolen. | " peng: ea gee fo er, some hot tea anc cuits, | partment | " ather, a tobacco planter Greec Brinker Thursday {booked on an op are police a stent aie ect file evintas ‘ine which is most interested in the af-|wich last Sunday, but was not/one of the leading rotes in “Spanish mye Turnee charg with “ Fra jore.$15, was taken. The burelar also San belong tiveatigated. with a view /Gas Pouring From Burner; wo e had not 0 do of the interior department thrown on the screen of publicity | Love.” ison declared the men had b 00 50 from the trousers of one| Woe ONE te what charge to pinee the South. He had nothing te | snes to tacked Ora ae, — reen of publicity | |__| im gait three weekn awaiting trial for | of Bialr's sone. a grag emg geal encod ee Coroner Investigates -_— fad, ond enoy | or following, being an agricultural out of work. They were ar| Blair had brought the money in| *#iY Bosco cra nates a esnccoul jor it Fone should ¢™ | Sublisher, but his advocacy of the| Col. G. C. Rickard _ {Cardinal Gibbons _ December 14, in a pool room |the sacks home from his cigar store |/A"\c0 charge, Judge Gordon exon. | Puailing circumstances _ in the iis salina “oa i « in.| Kentucky-Kendrick packer senxiar| | at Auburn by City Marshal ¥red/Wednosday night. He was in the |* B00 pst sce nme {death of Matthew JNaher, 87, onan eee aaout mer jhe 10-| ton bill has aroused the opposition Chief of Militia} Is Recovering | si.imier [habit of banking the day's receipts, Scere that Leon chad been aur, |Deputy Coroner W. H. Corson. to amie colly’s nnd our friendy’ Bie | ot some interests | , WASHINGTON, Deo. 30—-Col. G:| BALTIMORE, M4. Dec. 80,—| Macomber appeared at the trial, but had not had Yime to do so Wed.| Cums [iat haut valle beet Mm {conduct @ post mortem ‘Thursdays , den vee old derby was no sini J. B, Howard, Iowa, president of | Collins Hickard, of Olt City, " | The improvement in, the condition | “fter being confined, as a result of | nesday, | stances.” Whether he referred to] Fisher was found dead in bed at 710 tea AF Gal. ile cutie: were ias.| 0 Mesianal Vedeenton ct Warm (ONS | MMS Mee of. the fan rE egal on Ne a eeta whona bo muspriped at work lickin, Gineriote the louse or chien Rene, Uaksde to tae ote dulce he | University st. at 8 a, m, by his son, i‘wiate, ie wa \ element ui | Bureaus, is being urged on Harding|today..to be chief of the militlal at the home of Robert Shriver |bandits, whom he surprised a rk armed, came into the house of C | woula pgp Oscar Fisher, of Port Ange Fish- last. He never should have had to| fT #sriculture also jbureau with the rank of major/.+ Union Milla, Md., continued to-|three weeks ago. He testified! Novuyama, R. I. D. No. 8, box 86, er had intended to go to Monroe to nev should hé had to) ssren, forme t oa 1t- | general ts . . against the prisoners. w Sir of the city at 6 p.m. Wednes. | | Ty éutahiial m " . BA, work Warren, f pr e fe fonal cotam cy day ey nnd raved bins oF bene cae IS MOONSHIN jestablish his home there today. ‘We finished our meal, and got up| teman from Michigan, was influ wate asiephnaremea , o, Altho the gas jet was not aflame m the table I paid my check ential In bringing about the nomina-| Spanish Ship Sends I Empl Chinese Soldiers for $312.19 and a gold watch. He re- COSTS HIM $200) wnen the son entered the room, gas While he fumbled in his pockets, 1| #0" of Harding. oO Di |4ron Employes 4 ported to police that he and his wife} Ferman Hupel, Whidby Islander | was flowing from it. Dr. Corson was waited, Still he furnbled laxzs ut Distress Call| Return to Work Start Rebellion) 0" 4 (© entertain the bandits | arrested for manufacturing moon-| unable to say Thursday noon whether Mess,” | . cinatiy, Munv'e onal Wilson Names Jay HAVANA, Dec. 30.—Wirelens calls | 3 10_Chinone | ree, hours, after which the gang) shine, pleaded guilty in the United| the aged man's death was due to annoying? I’ve torgotten my mc | R | |for aswinta from Spanish steam-| NEWBERN, N. C., Dec, 30—-Km-| SHANGHAI, Dec. 80.—-Chinese | jeft, warning him to give no alarm, cE = district court Thursday and | asphyxiation. Could you let me have two-bita?” Envoy to Rumania jer oiavarria, reported to have been | ployes of the Newbern Iron and Sup-|troops at Yochow, rebelling against |Novuyama, frightened by the ban-| way fined $200 by Federal Judge| Suicide, accidental turning on the 4 = rhe Ks . | WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Presi.|picked up by radio station at Pinar | ply company returned to work today| their officers, have terrorized this | dite’ threats, did not notify George: | Neterer i jet, or a defective jet, are the three Experiments ha shown that a| dent Wilson today sent to the senate|del Rio. Steamer Inocencio, also,|at a compromise wage schedule of| vicinity for two days with looting) town precinct station unth early é Pa | possibilities in the case, should it fttumber of messages can be sent|the nomination of Pete A. Jay, of |reported in distress, with two ships,|70 cents per hour, after being con-| and incendiarism, Thursday , Six thousand persons from the/develop that Fisher’s death was thru one cable at the same time thru | Rhode Island, to be minister to Ru-jone American and one British,|vinced that a reduction in the wage} The mutiny was said to have Inquiry at Novuyama's house by | United States are emigrating to Can-|oaused by gas, the coroner's effice the use of the alternating current, 4 mania, planding by. scaie was necessary, been due to delay in pay, (Turn to back page, ¢ ada monthhy said, | * te Ae

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