The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 22, 1921, Page 5

APANESE GENERAL [S| Action Taken as Result of Killing U. S. Officer at Vladivostok 21.—-4Delayed) eral Nishihara, commander of the Japanese brigade occupying Viadi Vostok, has been suspended as a re sult of his alleged responsibility for the fatal shooting of Lieutenant Langion, U. 8. N., by a Japanese TOKYO, Feb. SUSPENDED Gen | try at Viadivostok a month ago. The Japanese war office today ts ed a statement announcing that the Sentry who shot and killed Lieut Langdon, U. 8. N., had been found Rot guilty ‘The statement said it had been shown the sentry had acted in good faith and the shooting was due to lack of training and failure to dis U. S. PROTESTS JAP MANDATE TO JAPANESE BY HENRY WOOD PARIS, Feb. 22.—The United in notes received by the of nations council today, asked it no action be taken on confirm fo now being prepared. ‘The United States, it ts understood. TWIN object to the awarding of the of Yap to Japan and of Meso 4 to Great Britain. The league x nations council prepared today to a reprimand to Switzerland refusing to permit league troops cross the country en route to Vilna The council expected to conclude afrangements for the plebiscite which wilt determine whether Vilna is Lith Usnian or Polish, and the troops ‘Are required there to, supervise the Tt was denied specifically that the ‘gouncil’s decision to meet in Parts in ‘Stead of at headquarters in Geneva ; intended as a reprimand to Swit: ind, but several delegates privately declared that was what the action meant. ‘The council also will decide the status of Danzig, declared a free city Oil and cable rights are involved in the protest from the United States. Yap is important as @ cable landing point Secretary of State ‘Colby already has questioned Great ‘Britain regarding her intentions in handling the great oi] field in Meso- The Bunen adopted publicity rules gomewhat similar to those of the league assembly. Open meetings will be held when members believe it “op- _ portune.” At other times action of council will be made public after At has been taken. eee RED WIRELE BY JOHN DE GANDT PARIS, Feb. 22.—~The league of Nations’ army is halted today by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin’s bob shevik wireless, The army was assigned to go to ‘Vilna and supervise the plebiscite to determine whether the city be Polish or Lithuanian. The army holds the city, which is 1 of Lithuania, boisheviki want to keep the nations from sending in an supervise the plebiscite on the ground such action would be vir tual intervention in favor of Poland. Spanish. Eritish, Belgian and French troops, comprising the league army, first tried to get to | Vilna thru Switzerland. Tchitcherin ‘The troops then tried to pass thru 7 Again the Moscow wireless sent ) orders. After the radicals had act ed, the government reported to, the league that It would not be allowed to send the army thru Italy. Italian railway workers are among the most Tadical in the country, the govern ment said, and there might be trou- ble if the soldiers used the rails there. It developed today that Tchitcher- In has proceeded in other countries in the same fashion. Rumania, Aus. tria and CzechoSlovakia in turn were compelled thru threats of their radicals to turn the league army WM. MCOMBS DEAD IN EAST GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. William F. McCombs, former chair- man of the democratic national com- ittee, died today, following a six- Weeks illness of heart disease. McCombs wag manager of the na- tional carmpaigng which resulted in the nomination and election of Presi dent Wilson in 1912 and was nation- #1 chairman of the party from that year until 1916, He had been in poor health for several months, but bis illness was not regarded aa crit- teal until six weeks Ago. His two sisters were with him when he died. The body was to be taken to New York city late today when funeral arrangements were to be made. Born in Hamburg, Ark., in 1875, McCombs studied law at Princeton and Harvard and began practicing in New York in 1901. After his success. | ful management 6f the 1912 cam- paign he was offered the ambassador. ship to France, but declined it. —— Written Three ears Ago Received OROVILLE, Cal., Feb. 22,—George Dyer was in Siberia on February 10, i918. He wrote a letter to his wife! re. Yesterday he returned and Went to the postoffice for his mail. He was given the letter he wrote three years ago and the postmarks showed it’s been in every city of any size in Siberia. i 22 PICKPOC ETS ROBBED Mrs, A charge his duties properly on that ac: ) of mandates until she can submit | Mrs. Ruth Starkweather Doran and Prof. Thomas Lynn ° Bradford. HERE’S MORE ABOUT SPIRIT TALK STARTS ON PAGE ONE ’ | sleep. I woke up and at firec realine that I hi | passed on. ereat change a | T expected things to be mue ' They are not. Muman for tained m outline but mot in the yrical have not traveled far, I am still much In the darkness I see many per sons. They appear natural “There tx a lightness of reaponsibitity here unlike in One feels full of rapture and happiness. Persons of like natures associate. I am associated with other investigators, I do not repent my ject. “My present plane ts but werien, 1 ture plane: plane are inge of the life just bey the first | MRS. DORAN SIGNS NOTES AND FAINTS After signing the notes, Mra. Do- ran fainted. She soon recovered. however, and was asked: “Are you certain, beyond doubt, that you heard from Bradford?" “{ am convinced. 1 neyer heard a opirit voice before. That was the professor, without doubt,” she re- plied. Doran, have invited the American Physical Research society, in New York city, to make a thoro invest! gation. Leading paychid experts, including |Sir A. Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, | Hereward H. Carrington and others, lare greatly stirred over the phenom enon because of the unusual condi tions under which it occurred. (Copyright, 1921. Seattle Pauses — to Pay Homage to Washington George Washington had a wet birthday anniversary Tuesday being 4 anniversary of his birth w | observed as the drizzie descent All federal, state, county offices, banks, business houses and schools were closed. National Guard oragnizations paraded from the Arm ory at 945 «. m, Local officials and the consular representatives of 24 nations joined in the celebration, following the parade on the Univer sity campus. Royal Arch Masons of Oriental chapter No, 19, are to hold a dinner at the Masonic temple at 6:30 p, m and at the Scottish Rite, at $15, four Scottish Rite bodies were to give their annual Washington's birthday entertainment and dance. James Shields assembly, Fourth de gree, Knights of Columbus, will hold evening, Episcopal churches held a corpor. ate communion Yor men at 7:10 a. m at Trinity Parish church, WEIR GUILTY OF FORGERY After deliberating until 2 a. m | Tuesday, a jury in Judge Calvin 8. Hall's court, which heard the case Monday of R. J. Weir, charged with forgery in the first degree, brought in a verdict of guilty, with recom- mendation of clemency Weir was accused of signing “R. J Weir, 422 W. Main st, Puyallup, Wash..” on the back of a check he knew was forged, and passing it, The check was made out to BE, N. Brooks & Co. and signed “L. L, Carter.” It was for $24.50. The porsecution sought the defendant had passed several thousand dollars’ worth of worthless checka up and down the Pacific coast. Sons of Revolution Meeting Here Today Annual election officers was to be held Tuesday afternoon by Washing ton State Soctety, Sons of the Amer 4. Gabriel, 636 W. 76th wt., of $20 @M 4 jitney bus Monday night ican Revolution, followed by a ban quet at the Elks’ club at 7 p.m “Witnesses, on behalf of Mra. | | AVIATOR FORCED TO COME DOWN |Coast-to-Coast Flyer Lands in Texas DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 22.-—Lieut. Wiliam D. Coney, aviator, attempt ing a one-stop, M-hour Might from the Pacific to the Atlantle coast, |landed 200 miles weat of Dallas to- | day. Coney was forced to make repairs, | according to word brought to Love javiation field here. He landed at Bronte, Coke county. Word of Coney's mfe landing reached here after be had been lost | for nearty six hours and officials had held grave fears for his safety Coney lett San Diego last night on the 2,070-mile fight Coney successfully completed the most dangerous portion of his pertl ous journey, passing over the moun. tainous area where aviators en. yoounter treacherous alr currents, in the dark of night. Coney landed safety at 741 a. m. | because of carburetor trouble: “Ar |rangements were made at Love avin ton field to send airplanes from here to escort or bring the aviator to Dallas. / |Two Mail Planes Trying for Record SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.—Two mail planes, which left here at 4:20 & m. today In an attempt to set a }transcontinental mail carrying record land perhaps land Pacific coast mail THE SEA MOONEY CASE | BEFORE JURY San Francisco Probers Be- gin Session SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.—The | ‘Thomas Mooney case was officially | before the county grand jury today |The long-promised investigation of | Mooney's conviction of murders as a | rest of the San Francisco prepared [news day dynamiting of 1916 was started at a grand jury meeting held last night, when affidavits of Rich: | ard W, Smith, former San Francisco | policeman and now of Seattle, were given attention Smith's affidavits, it was under- stood, were in line with « statement he recently imued, declaring that he had called the attention of the Moo: ney prosecution to alleged untrue tom timony and had been Ignored. John MacDonald, who was the wit- nens used to identify Mooney, and who hax made affidavit saying his! identification was false, did not ap: | pear at last night's eeesion, A ape-| celal meeting of the grand jury prob. ably will be held Tuesday to hear his testimony, POLICE GUARD CHICAGO ZONE Fear Riots in Aldermanic Election CHICAGO, Feb. 22-—-Pour elec) ltion workers were kidnaped and aif] ballots from one polling place stolen by armed men in the alder. manic elections here today. Thirty persons suspected of tntimidating voters were arrented Shotgun squads of police were |rushed to wards that were scenes of disorder. eee CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—Four hundred Policemen and scores of heavily arm detectives patrolled the 19th ward re today to prevent impending riots in connection with aldermanic elections. Voters today are to make their de cision between Alderman John Pow. hers, in office for 32 years, and An- |thony D'Andrea, who is attempting jto unseat bim. In a hurried conference early today Police Chief Fitzmorris and County | Judge Frank 8. Righeimer decided to take al) precautions necesmmry to} Prevent’a rgign of terror in the ward! today. ‘The pre-election campaign in the jward has been marked by bombings jand slugeings. | Several men were severely wound. | ed recently when a hall, in which} | D'Andrea wan addressing his lieuten ants, wag bombed and the building almost ed. Detectives worked all night tn rounding up alleged gunmen in the intrict and ordering them out un- |Aer penalty of imprisonment. j | } DADS AND SONS CUT UP TONIGHT Mother will have to stay at home | alone tonight, or call on the neigh- bore. What the committee in charge has up ite sleeves nobody knows, but more than 1,000 Seattle dads and! sons are going to be on hand when| the fireworks are uncorked at the an-| nual Father and Son banquet at the; Crystal Poot auditorium tonight, at 620. More than 900 tickets had been sold Tuesday morning, and less than} 200 were left to be disponed of during | the day. Persons unabif to secure | tekets for the banquet will be seated in the balcony free of charge, and from ther may enjoy the program. | Every man must be accompanied | |ootie law is continually cutting down jthe number of addicts in the coun. | TTLE STAR HERE’S MORE ABOUT TAPPED PHONE STARTS ON PAGE ONE took the two officers several min.) utes after that to get the cuffs on Hallowell Regan declares Hallowell | was “hopped up.” ° After a few minutes’ rest the two officers took their prisoners to the that police station, where they were| booked on “open” charges. | District Attorney Saunders said) Tuonday that if the evidence pre-| sented to him bears out the agentn’ | account of the alleged attack by Hallowell, he will send him to the penitentiary, Hallowell, according to Prohibi tion Director McDonald, ts known to be a bootlegger, but has proved difficult to apprehend with the goods | FEDERAL DOPE CLINICS SUGGESTED WASHINGTON, Feb. and state governments should co: operate in establishing clinics and dinpensaries for the cure of addicts, the use of oplum, pes morphine and other drugs, L. G. Nutt, super vinor of the federal narcotic field force, said today “It has been estimated that there are 1,000,000 drug addicts in the United State,” said Nutt, “But this feemn to me as more than a con servgtive estimate. | | Federal New ‘Ban Francisco has about 10,000 addicts, Pasadena, Cal, has a larger|™ f"¢ number relatively than any elty on nee, the Pacific coast. Salt Lake City ores @ hax 3,000, The illegal use of nar $16. cotlc drugs seems to be #tronger on the Pacific coast than in any other section of the country, with the pow nible exception of New York. In New York state there are probably $0,000 addicts, “Despite these alarming figures the enforcement of the Harrison nar. try.” . DOPE WORTH MILLION IS SEIZED | NEW YORK, Feb. 22—More than & million dollars worth of narcotics have been seized here in the battle which is being fought in the under. / world of this and other large cities for suppression of the drug traffic, Dr. Carleton Simon, special deputy Police commissioner, informed the United Proas. The health, and perhaps the lives, | of half a million men and women are at stake in this war, government officiais extimate. “It is our purpore to mave these unfortunate people from them. selves,” Dr. Simon said. “There aro| 35,000 users of cocaine, heroin, opium and morphine in New York alone. Every one of them can be cured of the habit. Suppression of drug smuggling and vending will force these people to turn to the authorities for aid. In that way they can be taken in hand and cured.” RHODES FUNERAL THURSDAY AT 2 The body of the late A. J. Rhodes, president of the Rhodes cothpany de- partment store, who died last week in New York, will arrive in Seattle on the Milwaukee at 8:15 tonight. | It will be met by the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce. The public funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.at the First Presbyterian church, with the Rev M. A. Matthews officiating. A pri te service, for the family and clone friends, will follow. $16, Be SAN pring fun serge, trimmed titching ; cattle New York mode a in il, col- all sicce Feb. Chinese Tong War in Frisco Renewed FRANCISC®, nese tong fighting today claimed an- Spring Coats and Wraps, fuli silk lined; ald sizes; 1021 Second Ave. There’s always a magical something about every new “Sweet Sixteen” creation—a witchery as real as it is indefinable. It would, indeed, be difficult to conceive of garments lovelier than these, for they possess everything in the superlative degree, thoug! priced at— Dresses ““ats and i Wraps Inspired Imbued with Immaculately by visions a beauty and tailored of of French an individual- popular Artists ity. fabrics New Epring Suit of fine | serge, braid trimmed; full | wil lined. AR sises—$i6. ORT TOGS Developed in “Sweet Sixteen’s” sunny smiles for the great outdoor season. Women of Seattle Know Well How to Dress —and our designers know well the art of dressing them. It is through their versatility that “Sweet Sixteen” has triumphed. Every woman may dress now as she chooses, and in this shop she can be suited with something really smart, no matter what her figure, her age or the demands of her persondiity. DEATH AT LOS ALTOS, Cali- jin New York within 24 hours, were | by his own or sme other fellow’s believed to be nearing Salt Lake City | son. at 10 a. m, today. Medicos Meet and Discuss Fractures Jother life in San Francisco's China- town. fornia, of Horatio EB, Stafford, 63,| American Osteopatnic oc! who was well known in Seattle| was guest of honor ct a b Chi/and in the Yakima section, is an-| given at the Elks’ club Mo nounced by advices from the| ™eht by the King County © doutsi: [tattic assookition, Forty-two titopers were present, j Thruout the city Tuesday the 189th nd eity |" a banquet at the Rainier club in the to show! Farr Nutter and Ray’ Little were | the pilots leaving here, At Reno W. |F. Lewis and J. L. Eaton were to |take the planes, going as far as Salt Lake Riddle Testimony in Miners’ Trial WILLIAMSON, W. Va. Feb. 22 | Dr. W. F. HOU's important evidence minet the 19 men on trial charged ) murder in connection with the 10 deaths in the battle between de tectives and citizens at M May, was picked to piec examination today Replying to Attorney J. J. Conifts tewan last on Crone. question whether Albert Felts could have fired the first shot in the bat tle with either his right or left hand Dr. Hill said “possibly he could.” The witness admitted that Detective G. B. Cunningham partially obstructed his view of the doorway where the first shot was fired. | 4 Ppsilaighdlainhaieiie |High Schools for * ie Military Training WASHINGTON, Feb, 22.—“Honor high schools” are to be designated in the future by the war department as & means of stimulating interest among the Junior units of the reserve officers’ training corps, Under orders issued here today by the war department, the command |ing general of each corps area is in |atructed to report to the adjutant | general of the army the names of high schools in hie district which are most advanced in military training and discipline. The names of the | schools are to be submitted not later | than June 1 in each year, and must) not exceed 10 per cent of the total) number of high schools in the re-} | spective are: | In instit military hereafter achools.’ ions which specialize in training, the designation will be “honor military | | | | | Established Thirty-one Years Resources, Last Call, $26,582,541.03 OFrrl Kelleher, € Spangler, Ankeny, Fir Truax, Vice Newberger Ames, Vice MacDonald. La Grave, A Reiley, Ansi Daniel 1. Ww R. Vv Pp. B g cw wm J. Kahblke Miner, Asuis President More, Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier Second Avenue at Columbia CERS hairman wt Vieo President Pr v Ca swistant Cashier stant Cashier tant Cashier More than 100 physicians attended | the regular semiaonthly meeting of the King County Medical society at the Masonic club Monday night Fractures and methods of treating them were discussed by the medicos. found dead DR. J. T. SLAUGHTER has been elected president of the Portage Community club, which is plan-| come bh ning to beautify the Denny-Fuhr-| man district. During t The mucilage on the back of a} round postage stamp is made from the | were ms sirup of sweet potatoes. . Neither Art Hickman nor his orc connected with the Hippodrome. In the | Wah Sing society on bullet wounds, be inflicted by the gun of a Hop Sing highbinder, had caused death. Police were searching today for a Hop Sing member known from San Jose for the Chi- he hestra doorway nese New Year celebration, morning numbers of police were ordered into Chinatown to up tong men TONIGHT, FEB. 22 DANCING to have Li Leong, said to be a prominent member of the Bing Kong tong, was of ant ave, Four ed to have been Preparations » atthe city jail to handle a large number of arrests, HIPPODROME p Ralph Pollock And His Original Broken Melody Syncopaters has ever been The Store for Useful Articlesz MONEY-SAVING OPPORTUNITIES IN HOUSEWARE NEEDS SET OF THREE Aluminum Sauce Pans $1.49 _ Three polished, lipped Alum-, inum Sauce Pans, sizes No. 1, 1% and 24%. BASEMENT the | } White Enameled Bread Box Special $1.49 Regular $2.50 6- and 8-Foot Electri¢ Light Extension Extreme Special Price 69c With curved, sliding cover, making it possible to remove contents without taking bpx Handy in any home— from shelf. 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