The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1920, Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 51, 1920, Here in i// FAMILY; IS (Comins } SHOT DOWN Thug Holds Up Gaches Home; Girl Is Heroine; Intruder Is Routed MOUNT VERNON, Dec, 31.—Sur @eons today were picking a double charge of birdshot out of the head. ok and thighs of a bandit, believed lo be N. W.. Bers, of Mt. Vernon who is in a Burlington hospital He will be brought to the county jail here aa soon as he can be moved, The bandit went yesterday to the home of Charles Gaches, a former Tegent of the University of Wash ington, seated himeelf at a table and drew from a pocket a bottle whieh he eaid contained nitroglycerine DEMANDS MONEY; THREATENS DEATH “I want $10,000 to start me in bust mem," he said, thr to blow himself, the house and the f Gaches to oblivion if his request for Money was denied Miss Rea 18-yearold @aughter of the family, slipped out ® back door and ran to a telephone & quarter of a milo distant, She Phoned the sheriff's office, and while aches was dickering with the bandit over the matter of a $5,000 check, Sheriff George 5. Reay reach ed the Gaches' °. GACHES, BROTHER T BOTH SHOOT MAN As the sheriff entered, the bandit Jeft hastily by another way, He*was ning across the yard when Gaches red at him with a shotgun, Anoth er shot was heard at the same time, It was Mrs. Gaches’ brother, James Hulbert, a neighbor, who had heard of the trouble, and, arming himself with a shotgun, had hurried to the @ocene to lend his aid. Both charges of bird shot found their intended mark. The bandit fell. He was found to be not seriously ‘wounded and was taken to the hosp! tal at Burlington. His bottle of “nitro” turned out to be water, START SEARCH FOR THUG'S ACCOMPLICES Skagit county officials today start ed search for two or three ac nly of LAW erts, who danced her way into popu lar favor in John Cort's musical comedy, “Listen Lester,” which comes to the Metropolitan theatre next Sunday, altho only 17 years old, has attained a position of importance on the musical comedy stage, cease to wonder at the rapidity of her rise when they see the daily program which she has mapped out for her self, and which she proudly displays to all comers in her dressing room There, on @ tiny card, pinned firmly to the corner of the mirror, is in hiding in this vicinity think a small band of outlaws “Listen Lester’’ June Roberts Those who marvel that June Rob-| week and ft t# held to as rigorously as the routine of any business house On nonmmatinee afternoons, sing ing and dancing leasons occupy all of the little Indy’s time, and what ever spare hours remain in the day, are crowded with physical eulture and fencing lessons. Her career be fan officially three seasons ago when she was engaged for Raymond Hitchcoek’s company in “Hitchy Koo.” Immediately after her success in “Hitchy Koo.” she was engaged by Manager Cort for a prominent role in his musical comedy produc- tion, “Just a Minute, at the Cort the young actress’ schedule for the| theatre, New York, A ry . Miners’ Relief Bill * . Signed by Wilson WASHINGTON, Deo, 31—Preni- dent Wilson today signed the Hen- derson mining bill, granting tempo- rary relief to miners who have been unable to do required amount of work on their claims during the last year. ‘The DM, which extends until Juty 1, the time in which miners may do the $100 worth of work upon their claims for the year 192%, was the cceasion of Senator Ashurst’s visit to the White House Wednesday, seek: ing to speed up action on the bill, Had no action been taken togay, thoumunds of claima thruout the West would have been lable to ac- .| tion by “claim jumpers,” who could have relocated the claims because the original owners had failed to do the required work. rob a bank at Mount he knew Gaches bad JOIN THE HAPPY THRONGS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE BIG OPENING OF THE BUNGALOW THEATRE- RESTAURANT 1620 THIRD AVENUE (BETWEEN PINE AND STEWART STS.) SEATTLE’S NEW AMUSEMENT PALACE DE LUXE — METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT COMBINED WITH UNEQUALED CUISINE FEATURING E. GEORGE WOODS’ “Buzzing Around” A GORGEOUS, GLORIOUS MUSICAL AND DANCE REVUE BY A HIGH-CLASS COMPANY OF ENTERTAINERS LARGE, SPLENDID DANCE FLOOR WITH MUSIC BY A WONDERFUL JAZZ ORCHESTRA REVUE FROM 8 TO 1 A M. DANCING FROM 6 TO 1 A. M., “SOMETHING DIFFERENT—SOMETHING NEW” Throws Sack From His Auto; Arrested Alleged to have thrown a sack | from his auto when stopped by police Thursday night, M. Maher, 64, long shoreman, was arrested when the sack was found to contain broken glans and whisky labela. The arrest | wax made on the W. Garfield s#t bridge. Maher is charged with dis orderly conduct. Alleged Lotcery Game Is Raided ‘Ten white men and three China men were arrested In a raid on an alleged lottery game at 116 Second ave. S. Thursday night by Motor. eye Patroimen G. F. Reynolds and ‘W. W. Dench. OLIVE ANN ALCORN Premier Danoer —Aleo— JESS MENDELSON MARY McOARE RUTH EDEL FRANKIE GROVER and the “SIX SWEETIES” The Dainty Dancing Chorus Management of Clint Willard and Frank Rippe THE SEATTLE STAR REATENS |4t 17 She Had Leading Part DISARMAMENT IS HARDING'S AIM World Move Will Be Taken Up by Him BY RAYMOND CLAPPER MARION, Ohio, Deo, %1.—-fteps toward gradual world disarmament will be taken by President-elect Hard ing early in his administration, cording to authoritative information here today. ac One more may be a suggestion that world powers organize a di» armament congress to work out a scheme which will be generally ao | ceptable, Dixarmament occuptes a prominent place in Harding's plan for an anno elation of nations, The subject has figured prominently In several of his mont important conferences here re cently and he ts known to be con vinoed that some method of checking the race for larger navies must be found an ,» BRITAIN IT AGREK ports reaching here are that at Hritain and Japan, on certain | conditions, could be induced to join | jin the project. Japan, according to Information given conferences, is spending a heavy pro- portion of her revenue on military and naval armament and would wel. come with relief some equitable agreement whereby she could reduce this expenditure Congressional leaders familiar with the situation are understood to have recommended to Harding that jhe take action toward securing an | agreemengy between leading powers to limit construction work already under way and lay no new keels. Harding, however, has declared |himeolf flatty for a navy sufficient to protect the American mierchant ma rine and afford a dependable defense to American shores, Says Germany Stops French Disarmament PARIS, Dee. 31~-France will be glad to join in an international con ference on disarmament when “Ger man pockets have been emptied of concealed weapons,” the French for eign office told the United Press | today. A high offictal dectared France secretly had begun partial disarm ament, but developments in Ger many made It impossible to proceed with that program. $$$ nn FIUME PEACE TO BE SIGNED D’Annunzio ~~ Prepares to Seek Safe Refuge BY CAMILLO CIANFARRA ROME, Dee. 31.—A new govei a ment, supplanting that of Gabriele @Annunaie, was organized in Flume today. A council comprintng Signore Gromich, Gigante and Venturi was put in charge, Legionnaires whe comprised @@An- nunsio’s military, force are to be withdrawn shortly, It wae announce ed semiofficially that the poet will leave the city at the same time, ee ROME, Dec. 21-——Peace tn Miume today awaited only the signatures of Fiume authorities and represent- atives of the government. ‘The agreement was to be signed at Abtezt. Gabriele @Annunsio’s next act was waited with interest but with- out trepidation on the part of gov- ernment officials. ‘The poet has expreamed interest tn the Irieh home situation and it was believed he might bob up next as “angel” for the Sinn Fein. He also has been offered asylum in South America and may go there. In any event, it was believed he would take to his airplane for the departure, possibly going to Parte first. Legionnaires were expected to be freed today from their oaths to sup port d'Annunaio, There wae little fraternization between regulars and the legionnaires today, but on both sides there was eagerness for the declaration of peace, Preparations were made to@ay for immediate carrying out of the Ra pallo treaty under which Fiume will be a free city with control over some contiguous territory. Theatre-Restaurant Opens Doors Tonight | Tonight, at 6 o'clock, Clint Willard j and Frank ®ippe will open the doors | of the new Bungalow theatre-restau- jrant, on Third ave, between Pine and Stewart ats, for the first time to the Seattle public, The place has been fixed up beautifully, carrying out the ideas of a big rustic bunga- | low, with four regular fireplaces #up- plying the necessary warmth and a | large hardwood dance floor covering | the entire place, The restaurant will | neat 300 people and will at the same | time afford the dancers plenty of |to the accompaniment of strains from @ big One of the prede will be the large EB. ¢ | vue, “Buzzing Aroun 12 talented entertainers from San Francisco, and the “Six Sweeties,” maidens who know how to dance, Among the entertainers are: Olive ‘Ann Alcorn, premier dancer; Mary McCrae, Ruth Edell, Grover Frankie | and Jess Mendelson. ninating features ‘orge Woods re- s Enjoined From Payment of Check Injunction against the payment to Morris Bros, Inc, of a check for $1,140.59 which O, Js Jen sen says belongs to him, was issued |to the Scandinavian American bank by Judge Boyd J. Tallman Thursday. ‘Jensen says he left a note for that ‘amount with the concern for safo- keeping and the concern, without bis |knowledge, presented it to one of the indorsera, who paid ft by the check on which it is sought to stop payment. Carried Concealed Gun; Three Months Three months in the county jail and a fine of $250 was the sentence imposed by Justice of the Peace O. W. Brinker ‘Thursday on James Me- Ginn, charged with carrying @ con jCoaled weapons Harding during Pwater at high tide after the bulkhead | | Dfchway to a depth of four feet be-| | tween Renton and Kent, and also be- | | Humes advinen. consisting of | WHITE RIVER ON RAMPAGE Overflows Banks; Closes Roads to Tacoma If the swollen waters of the White which overflowed tts banks near Kent Thursday, are lift ed again I'riday by another rain, as bs by G. N, Salisbury, | weather observer, automobile traffic to Tacoma will be possible only on the High Line, In addition to causing the inunda tion of the Pacific highway by rev eral inches, the storm, « anied | by a 40mile wind, washed the| Chicago, St. Paul & Milwaukee tracks near Rockdale, While repairs were being made, trains were detoured| over the Northern Pacific tracks be- tween Black River Junction and Easton. “ During the storm the Duwamish river rose to an alarming height. At Magnolia beach the foundations of many cottages were damaged, the! most serious difficulty being exper lenced by Jacob DeForest, 24th ave. W. and Puget Sound ave, whose small cottage was partially in the river, predicted in which it rested has been partially waphed out LOWLINE HIGHWAY UNDEB FOUR FEET OF WATER Water from phe swollen Green river has flooded the lowline auto tween Kent and Orillia, County En gineer Samuel R. Humes announced | Vriday, ‘Tourists to Tacoma should take the new concrete road to Kent, and then | cut across the tracks to the old road, The flood iw reported to be going | down Friday, and within a few days the old road may be traveled again, | providing Green river does not go on | @ rampage a@ain, Run of Salmon Eggs Heavier Than Ever The take of milmon eggs at the state hatcheries this year, is greater | than any previous year, mve one, LJ]) Hi. Darwin, state gume and fih com-| missioner, said upon his return from | & tour of Southern Washington | About 120,000,000 salmon exes and | 20,000,000 trout eggs are handled in the hatcherios of the state —, Everett Man Suicide > in Interurban Depot W. H. Harmon, about 45 years of ; age, part owner of the Capitol Bath in Kverett, committed suicide by! shooting himself behind the right ear | at Everett interurban station, Sixth ave, and Olive st, Thursday after noon, No reason is known for the act Harmon wag a Spanish war veteran, a BELLINGHAM.—New trial grant 4 in cane of City of Beattie in pro. ceedings to condemn land to secure nite for hydroelectric plant. Judge Pemberton held that award of $27,- Star Newsies Are Guests of Pantages More than 400 Star route carriers were entertained at the Pantages the- atre Thursday night when the circu- jlation department gave its regular | monthly party. Several wrestling matches were 600 to land holdera by jury in first trial was unjust. staged in The Star's press room be- fore the boys went to the show, January Will Begin SILK and TOWELINGS PILLOW CASES FREDERICK & NELSON’S Displays of White Monday, January 3rd and will present unusual opportunities to economize in buying silk, cotton and linen merchandise of standard qualities and in the following lines: MUSLIN UNDERGARMENTS TABLE LINENS, TOWELS and BEDSPREADS, SHEETS and WHITE DRESS COTTONS WOMEN’S BLOUSES Air Postman Bucks Heavy Gale on Trip Bucking a gale both going and coming, Eddie Hubbard, air mafl pilot, made a round trip to Victoria Friday, connecting with the liner Africa Maru. His time was slower than ordinarily, the return trip tak- ing 70 minutes. He arrived in Seat- Ue at 355 p. m -—IN MAIN SECTIONS, AND IN THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Dentists of Seattle O. K. Dental Approval of the tentative the proposed new dental code voleed. at a meeting of the County Dental society, held af Frye hotel Thursday, Ph LOS ANGELES.—Rear Luther G Billings, U. 8. Ny Che 44th Semi-Annual LES space to pursue the light fantastic || cashier's || WillB January 3rd FREDERICK é° NELSON URNITURE. egin Monday