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FOR TRADE Bolsheviki in Commercial Treaty Agree to Quit Prop- aganda in England i LONDON, March t6.—Great Brit! aim and Russia today signed a trade : agreement. | : ‘The document marked the first as. | sumption of commercial arrange | Ments with an allied power. Russia | made important concessions, the! Most notable being an agreement to | cease bolshevik propaganda outside! i of Russia. , Negotiations over the trade agree: | ees ment have extended over the greater | part of a year, Great Britain demand. | tng release of al! prisoners held by | Russia as well as renunciation of soviet propaganda, One Russian representative, M. ‘amenieff, was ordered ont of Great tain because of his attitude and because he was alleged to have at tempted to subsidize a London news. Paper. Complicated arrangements had to ‘be made for the handling of goods be- camse of the lack of individual capital In Russia, Russian leaders believed the treaty ‘will lead later to full political recog- nition. MOSCOW NEAR RED COLLAPSE BY CARL D. GROAT BERLIN, March 16.—Authoritative | @ispatches from Moscow today | described the city in a critical con: dition, due to a food scarcity. Bob | shevik authorities were exerting themselves to quiet threats of a gen- eral strike by extension of food and_ clothing rations. | Moscow had few reports of the/ situation near Petrograd, but it was! asserted Minister of War Trotaky | had ordered troops with artillery to) advance upon Kronstadt by way of Oranientaum. Discontented work @rs were said to rely upon an upris- ing in Southern Russia to aid their! movement. They had advices that/ &@ movement was under way to sweep the red armies there into their revo- lutionary orgunization. It was also stated in rebel circles that General Yudenitch has organ: | ized another army, this time in Es thonia, and was prepared to move ‘westward at the first opportunity. | Unofficially, tt was also stated that | | Troteky’s ultimatum to the Kron- + stadt rebels, demanding instant sur- Tendery had been revoked. Bolshevik Teaders were maid to have cast aside | “their scruples in destroying Russian | battleships and other property held | by the rebels and to contemplate a - atrong attack. Tt was reported that severe lomes ‘Were sustained yesterday when Chi- Rese and other mercenaries attempt- ed an advance on Kronstadt. Rebel leaders declared 44 red avi-| stors attempted to desert the soviet _ forces yesterday, but were betrayed, | all being executed. ee Lenine Says Revolt Foolish Discontent PARIS, March 16.—Only two kinds of government are possible in Russia—soviet or czaristic, Niko | Jal Lenine deciared in an interview | Printed here today. “Some fools believe a constituent | amembly would succeed,” he said.) “but Russia would be a bear gar- den with the bears, with rings in their noses, ied by czarist generals. “The revolt in the Petrograd dis trict is a case of foolish discontent, tacked by the capitalists of the world, but it wil! fail “The world is armies; each trying to frighten the , other. But we shall see who is - frightened first.” Lenine deciared he had no fear the result of the Kronstadt of “The sailors who are leading this foolish revolt cannot succeed,” he a declared. “They are out of their | element when they lose sight of | the Gulf of Finland.” Road Bandits Rob Seattle Autoist e in a big auto stopped George H. % Matteson, 1818 Tenth ave. W., on i the road four miles south of Kent Monday night after overtaking his auto in a speedy chase, and robbed 3 him of $24. ‘They disabled his auto . #0 he could not get help quickly. : Jumps Overboard 4 and Is Drowned " VANCOUVER, B. C., March 16.— Frederick Taylor, a mining man of Texada island, was on his way to Vancouver, en route to San Fran ciseo yesterday aboard the steamer d Cheakamus, when he leaped over. Wy board and was drowned. Village of by feminine KALAMAZOO, Mich Richland governed divided into two} Tevoit because food was too scarce| in the Petrograd area | Two armed and masked bandits | l ” Miss Gay McClaughlin, 5026 University blvd., one of the 50 attractive co-ed models at the annual spring fashion show at Meany hall, Wednesday at 4 p.m. Miss McClaughlin made the gown she's wearing for $9.80. Mrs. Virginia C. Patty, tn charge of the sewing classes at the university, says that it would have cost $40 ready made.—Price & Carter Photo. HAMON GIRL’S TRIAL recital of the struggle in Hamon's, clothes,” the two answered, room, culminating in the shooting.| At the coffin the children stood She told of a visit to the hospital to| and sobbed. see Hamon. . “The nurse, Rosa Cannon, was tn Mr, Hamon’s room when I got there,” said Clara, “Mr. Hamon held OU Me etine ong anid Two years ago he was working in “Come to me.’ | an Ardmore restaurant ag cashier. “He pulled me down and kiswed m*.) jake Hamon and a party entered Starts On Page 1 Here's More About The night clerk in the Randal ho tel, where Hamon was shot, has been a cripple since boyhood MINES CLOSE; 3,000 MEN OUT Deadlock Over Reduction in Wages Three thousand men are idle and 24 coal mines were cloned in Wentern Washington Wednesday following | the refusal of the coal miners to ae | eopt the wage cut recently announe | ed by the operators The alice In wages became effective | Tuesday More than 90 per cent of the coal production of the state is now at an Jend, as the remult of the shutdown. | ‘The new scale would have reduced | wages nearly 20 per cent. Under ground laborers, who have received $7.55, under the new seale would have received $5.20. N. D. Moore, vice president of the | | Pacific Coast Coal Co,, declared that jall negotiations for a wage decrease had failed and that the only thing left for he operator wan to close, Held 6n Embeusling | Charge of Spokane Nicholas A. Zankoff, 30, former| mariager of the Spokane office of the Prudential Savings and Loan A» sociation of Beattle, in being held in) Mexico for requisition to this cou | |try to answer a charge of em:| beasling $4,000 of the asvociation’s money, according to tmformation | from Olympia. Rooster Reducing Population, Charge “Has a rooster prior rights over 4 Christian man? Proseeutor Malcolm Douglas in wrestling with the ques tion, assisted by Minn Kather V.| Johnson of his office staff. It was} brought {6 his attention by an} anonymous ~ correspondent, who) claims a good citizen in about to leave town becaum of the midnight cock crowing at S07 24th ave. & Camp Lewis Soldiers | Get 8 to 20 Years | TACOMA, March 16.-—-Corp, Walter |. Leon and Privates Earl Young and J. Zulawiski, Camp Lewls sol diers, who pleaded guilty of highway robbery, were on their way today to the penitentiary to serve eight to 20 years. Judge Wiliam D. Askren, who imposed the heavy sentence, mid he} deemed it high time to break up “thi | soldier orime wave.” ‘Pleads Not Guilty | | “He asked me to forgive him. He) the restaurant late one night When said he wouldn't have done it If he/ tamon went to pay the bill, he no wasn't drunk. He said, ‘You'll have) ticed the young man's condition. to Ko, of course, to mve a lot Of) 414 inquired and learned that the trouble.’ youth had suffered from tuberculo- “He asked me to call again tomer.) sis ofthe bone, and that he was row.” making « brave fight t his way She then told that Ketch tnsteted | in the world. say she leave, Tho girl told of her fight Hamon ordered the cashier to the to Denison, Texas, in a taxi. From! xeayos hospital, in Rochester, Minn. Denison ahe went to Dallas. and paid all the bille involved in a “I bought a ticket for San Antonio) jong stay and several major opera- and then got « taxi and went to the) tone, aviation field to get an airplane to) “And he wrote me an encouraging fly to San Antonio, if possible. letter every week,” the clerk saya. “Mr. Ketch told me to leave the eee country; I thought he was my friend: I would have done anything h¢/ threatening to kill him. asked.” Hamon sent the man's wife a She told of hiring E. W. Sallis.) cheek for $500, with instructions Dallas chauffeur, to take her to] that it be used to treat the man. Ciseo, Texas, where she caught a train for Old Mexico. Clara denied having pistols in her possension, ax Sallis testified Clara was calm as she answered questions, She frequently empha-| sized her answers by shaking her head. SAYS SHE TRIED TO KILL HERSELF People thru school and college. 61 ARRESTED IN zz, __| CLEAN-UP RAIDS questions, Clara said: ie | 18 Nationalities Represent- “After Mr. Hamon said was . shot I picked up the pistol and) ed in Round-Up wanted to kill myself. He took the | pistol from me.” | ‘The defendant told of the trip the | tionalities, were facing gambling shooting of Hamon stopped. }and disorderly person charges “1 was to go to Spokane and meet| Wednesday, following two clean-up him there,” said Clara. | raids on South End hotels Tuesday She told of meeting Sam Blair, «| night by police. | newspaper man, in Mexico. | Forty-eight were taken In a gam. “ve got $175 from Mr. Ketch on) bling raid on a den on the fourth }ofl Investments with him and the | floor of the Cleopatra hotel, 113 Hamon extate,” she said | Third ave. 8. Cards, dice, a chuck “Was Jake Hamon shot by you) luck outfit, together with an alarm while lying In bed?” asked McLean. | bell and two batteries used by the “Certainly not,” she shot back. | lookout were seized, The lookout ‘The defense then turned Clara over | was captured before he could sound to the state for cross examination. | an alarm, Pringe Preeling addressed the de| Cash totaling $44.45 | tendant as “Mise Clara.” Sho testified she had been living | ficers, and ts also held as evidence with Hamon nine or ten years Ten of the 48 alleged gamblers “Hie first sent me to achool in 1913 | were released on $25 bail, while four Jat Fort Worth. Chinamen—Frank Loy, Ah Toy, Ab 1 started to work for Mr. Hamon.| Lew and Wong Ho-—charged with |1 worked for him off and on ever |operating the games—were freed on since. 1 worked steady until 1915. | $250 ball | STUDIED MUSIC Sergt. J. § Donlan ted a squad AT COLLEGE | that rounded up 13 men in the O. K “I then went to Lexington college. | hotel, Railroad ave, and Main st. The was mwept music.” | disorderty persons Statyone men, of 18 different na- | from the table by the arresting of-| I took a business course and studied | unlucky 13 were charged with being | to Murder Charge! | ‘Thomas Gurand, Vashon Island | |fishorman, accused of fatally shoot ing Orcar Boklen on Vashon l#iand | Decemier § pleated not gullty wo! murder in the first degree in ow pertor court Tuesday. He was ar raigned after Judge J. T. Ronald had | overruled hin demurrer to the in-| formauion against him. | Dibble Appointed | License Director OLYMPIA, March 16—Fred J,/ Onee a dope user attacked Hamon, | Dibble, Spokane tnrurance man, waa | rents, | Appointed yesterday to be director of licenses under the civil adminin trative code. Walter M. Hubbell of Spokane, Governor Hart's original | Tt is maid that he helped 500 young | appointee to the job, refused the ap | prison and fined $500 on syndicaliem | polntment for business reasons | Nome, be returned to the company, | |appropriating $12,490,000 for the im “THE SEATTLE STAR SEEK ARREST OF LINDEBERG 13 Secret Indictments Re- turned in Pierce County TACOMA, March 16.-Arrest Jafet Lindeberg, of San Francisco, on indictments returned by the lo cal grand jury, investigating af-| fairs of the defunct ndinay American bank here, wh January 15, i expected tomorrow, | Sheriff Morris said today Certified copies of warrants and} indictments have been forwarded to Han Francince authorities. v grand jury returned § 13/ Tecret indictments against Linde-| berg last week. . File 2 Civil Suits Against Lindeberg | SAN FRANCISCO, March 16 Two civil suits aguinat Jafet Linde bers, Alaska miner who amansed 4 fortune in the North, were on file! by today with stockholders of the Pioneer Mining & Ditch company of San Francinco, as plaintiffs One of the wults demands that| the Seward Peninsula railroad near | It is alleged that Lindeberg, while | president of the corporation, pur-| chased the line from the company, | and handled all of the papers in| the transaction himself. The nee ond mult asked recovery of $100,000, alleged to have been advanced | Lindeberg by the company The filing of the sulta came on! the heels of the receipt of a tele gram from the sheriff of Pierce) county, Wash, to Captain of De} tectiven Matheson, of San Mran-| cinco, requesting Matheson to ar reat Lindeberg on an alleged in-| dictment by the Pierce county grand jury, Lindebers was not ar rented, however, Matheson holding that the telegram was not suffi cient authority for him to act. Hart Signs Highwa: Appropriation Bill OLYMPIA, March 16.—Governor Hart signed senate bill 312 yenterday provement of the state's secondary | and primary highways. | " Sinn Feiners Take Military Dispatches, DUBLIN, March 16.-—Important military dispatches fell the hands of Sinn Felners when two runners were attacked in a suburb bere One of the men waa killed, the other being seriously wounded. Later @ lorry load of cadets wan fired upon, one soldier being wound. od. The amallants eacaped. inte Chicago Tenants Fight High Rents! CHICAGO, March 16.—Handred of Chicago tenants went to Spring. | field, DL, early today to demand pas | mage of legislation which will curb landlords charging excessive rents. Tho regters left on special trains Huge signa were carried by the crowd, demanding relief from high EVERETT.—Appeal taken from conviction of Ralph Cantwell, sen: | teneed from 14 to 18 months in/ charges ' ' — > ~ | THE BON MARCHE DARGAIN BASEMEN Bring Big To Basemen Low Buying Prices Plus Low Selling Expense The Latest Arrivals | in Millinery Are New Spring Hats at $4.95 _ Large and small shapes, ranging from close- fitting turbans to large floppy-brimmed mod- els, are included among the newcomers in the Bargains t Customers The Bon Marché ESTABLISHED A Clearance of 654 of Women’s Pumps Oxfords at $3.95 and Taken From Our Own Shelves and Offered at Very Radical Reductions Not all sizes in all styles, however, as these are broken lines, but the choosing is excellent, nevertheless.; 304 Pairs of Women’s Pumps Reduced to $3.95 350 Pairs of Pumps and' Oxfords Reduced to $6.45 MU P Three styles in black glazed Kid Black glazed kid, brown kid with ie Pumps—black satin, brown suede and brown suede quarters, bronze, dull kid 3 dull kid in this lot. and suede Pumps and Oxfords, SHOE SHOP—UPPER MAIN FLOOR . i v F American Lady Front Lace Corsets for $3.50 The Corset with a low price—yet correct in style and fit—giving smart lines and grace to your gown or suit. You can buy them in our Corset Ser- vice Shop for $3.50. Three different styles in Brassieres—priced Thursday at 59c. | SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE “FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN THE MORNING” St. Patrick’s Day Aprons at $1.50 The greener the apron, the better the day—there- fore get one of the many Green Aprons we have. Three styles in slipover | effect — attractively trim- i med with white rick-rack braid — white ruffling or checked gingham. Also the popular Polly Anna Aprons in green at $1.50. Of course we have plenty of other colors at the same price if you prefer them. APRON SECTION—-SECOND FLOOR Daisy Outing Flannel 25c a Yard 2,000 yards of White Daisy Outing Flannel—2 inches wide—one of the very best brands. Dress Voiles 35c Yard Handsome patterns — in splendid quality Dress Voiles—40 inches wide, in light and dark styles. FABRIC FLOOR—(THIRD) Pretty Easter Cards Cards in various styles and appropriate greetings for Easter time. At 10¢ to $1.00. UPPER MAIN FLOOR Mid-Week Tempters From the Food Shops Peanut Butter 10c Pound Hot Cross Buns 30c Deze 2 Pounds 19c —Sockeye Salmon, 30¢. One of the best brands of Peanut —Large loaves of Bon Marche Bre Butter—at a low price Thursday. a loaf 14¢. She denied she was jealous of Mrs. Hamon Cases of al] 61 men were due to be | called in police court Wednesday Bargain Basement’s Millinery Section. —Bon Marche Mayonnaise, made fresh —Chocolate Jelly Rolls, each 20¢. Freeling grabbed an old letter| One Irishman, 11 Swedes, 2 Ger which was found in Hamon’s effects, | mans, 1 Frenchman, 3 2 Austrians, 14 The letter pleaded with Hamon to| Americans, 1 Russian, 1 Montene. stop talk about her and not let her| «rin, 1 Bulgarian, 2 Canadians, 3 college chums at Lexington know | Norwegians, 1 Korean, 1 Serbian, 2 jabout their relationship. | Indians, 4 negroes and 4 Chinese is | She said her relations were sup-| the test by nationality of the men | posed to have ended with Hamon on | Jailed, January 27, 1916, the date of a con-| tract |French Ambassador Freeling read one settlement con-| oe . tract. It was signed by Jake L.| Wisits White House WASHINGTON, March 16.--The 1 Rumanian, 3 The letter was written in 1915 Finns, 6 Mexicana, board of trustees. “LA BELLE FATIMA,” OF DANCING FAME, IS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, March The original “La Belle Fs Oriental dancer of exposition stage and cireus renown, is dead in her home at Venice, Cal. The funeral was to be held today, Those who visited the san Francisco exposition fairs thruout the country during the last decade saw the rhythmic dance which gained fame for her. She made her first appearance in Ameriea at the World's fair at Chicago. In private life “Fatima” Mrs, Abdo Abeinour. born in Cairo, Beypt years old, Besidew and a daughter, she and the was She was and was 51 survived by a sister, Helen Hallah, of Port land, Ore., N, Batar, and a brother, Tony New York Hamon and Clara Smith, | It was an agreement to work for | first direct att >t by an emissary Hamon at $35 a week as stenog-|of a foreign government to bring the rapher, and in case relations became | problems connected with Arerican- |Kuropean relations immediately to the attention of President Harding appeared today in a visit of French | Ambassador Jusserand to the White | House, Jusserand’s appointment to call, It was learned, was arranged by a rtment at the am. | bassador’s request, | more intimate, and a child was born, $35 a week should go to the child and it should be one of his heirs. | oe Hamon’s Kindness | Won Many Friends Okla., ARDMORE | Enemies of | Monaire | ican natic March via'renth | Report Stillman committeeman for Ok * |Iahoma, paint him as all bad | and Wife Confer | But the man whom C Hamon| LAKEWOOD, N. J. March 16— | Killed had another side which his | James A. Stillman and his wife, who friends talked much about jare suing each other for divorce, When Hamon's body lay in its cof-| were in conference today at Laurel fin In the convention hall here, two |in-the-Pines, the hotel at which Mrs. | children The sister by of the pressed | ermal casket | little | One | them | “Wibat do you want?” he asked | “We Mr ~~ - the brother replied | NEW YORK—Four police detec “Why?" tives indicted for alleged taking of “He bought us our shoes and our| unlawful feea, toward the / Stillman is stopping here, it we little brother had his | ported the hand | It was attendants stopped |conference were held, the subject | would t quick settlement. of the {divorce actions out of court | i re presumed that, if such a wanted to wee Hamou with large flowers, sj All the season’s best Women’s sizes, and the stockings a | whites and browns are inc wool and silk and wool. styles, from first size up | | to 40, Boys’ narrow-ribbed dar! the price. They are in light and dark colors, trimmed wreaths, ribbon bands drapes and streamers in pastel tints. a satisfactory choice should be easily made. | Mercerized Lisle | Hosiery 25c Pair | This is a jobber’s cleanup in regular and extra Baby Shirts 59c | | Odds and ends of a jobber’s stock in wool, part | Knitted Bloomers 35c | Women’s Knitted Bloomers in pink only. Sizes 36 | Boys’ Corduroys $1.49 in sizes from 8 to 17 years. Extra good bargains at | rays of small flowers, or crepe de Chine colors are here, too, so Cotton or re mostly black, but some luded. Sizes 81 to 10. | Button front or lap-over to two years, k brown Corduroy Pants, daily, a pound 40¢. —Bon Marche Orange Marmalade, made where the oranges grow, lb. 26¢. —Choice Kippered Salmon, select pieces. to choose from—at 27¢ |b. —Apricot Pies, Thursday only, 35¢. —Hard shell Walnuts, 5 Ibs. for 25¢. —Tomatoes—a good brand—can 10¢. —Peaches in syrup, a can 18¢. —Fish of all kinds for the Lenten sea- —Del Monte Aspagarus, very fine, a son—and prices are right. can 27¢. | Chicken Luncheon at the Counter for 35c UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE A Good Kitchen Dinner Set for $2.98 SOME PIECES WITH SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS Plain white American Porcelain Dinner Set with slight imperfections, but big mon- ey’s worth for the price. Suitable for every day wear, The set consists of 6 Dinner Plates 6 Fruit Saucers 6 Pie Plates 6 Tea Cups 6 Tea Saucers UNION STREET BASEMENT s