The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 12

SUSPECT IS __ TRAPPED BY LOVE NOTE Ceotland Yard Causes Ar- vest of Alleged Motor Inn Robbery Accomplice When Roy A. Miller wanted re for alleged attempted robbery, ‘ote to his sweetheart in L rgland, London authorities gave veriff Matt Starwich Miller's ad ess and the man was arrested in wcoma Tuesday. Search for Miller has been con ued since Jantar: when Ernest Smith, arrested in conn nm with 1 alleged attempt to hold up the otor Inn, near Auburn, January 26. aplicated Miller, Robert Smith, other of Rrnest, is being held with cnest. All three have been charged ith attempted robbery in an infor ation filed by Prosecuting Attorney alcolm Douglas OLD-UP ATTEMPT . OLLOWED BY GUN BATTLE It is related thay the three came to 1e Motor Inn before daylight and wered a party of guests, composed <A. Marco of Tacoma, two women ad a man, Marco refused to hold D his hands, exchanged shots with xe bandits and dropped Ernest mith with three bullet wounds in is head. Smith was taken to a ospital. The two others fled, but robert was arrested the next day, Then Sheriff Starwich heard of a anely cabin in the woods near Med ord, Ore, which Roy A. Miller was upposed to frequent. Day and night ts deputies waited near the place to vick up their prey. Failing, they en- eared the cabin and searched. ‘MVE LETTER TO LONDON GIRL FOUND In « pile of papers they found love ‘getters, some from and some to the irl in London, England. Noting her address, the deputies ‘old Starwich. Starwich cabied to London, asking that any letters be atercepted and Miller’s address, if found, be cabled to him. ‘The scheme worked perfectly. Star. ‘wich got his information Tuesday. Deputies William Sears and “Bud” Loveall were dispatched to the ad- Gress Miller had given in Tacoma. Armed with photographs Miller, as } | sole, Kingof Britain Among Patrons Miss Olga LONDON, April $.—Olga Nether. famous English actress, han the People’s League of One of ity patrons is King founded Health. George, Miss Nethersole, who has been off the stage for nearly seven years, portrayal of women like the heroine THE SEATTLE STAR Actress Starts Health League Nethersole | Mme, Bernhardt, and tater I did so. | Moat of the women portrayed were | | what we call sinners, I wondered what produced them, This led to in vestigations in hospitals and prisons, | and I learned that sinnors were | largely the production of heredity | was well known in America for her | #%d environment, “My investigation led me on to| BRITISH MINERS TO TALK TRUCE Strikers Agree to Confer With Owners BY ED L, KEEN LONDON, April 6—Piritinh coal minors and colliery owners agreed to- day to reopen negotiations for the settlement of the coal ntrike. Representatives of both accepted the good offices of the government in arranging conferences. Mine owners made their accept ance conting®at on assurance from the miners that they will prevent the flooding of the pita, It waa believed the action today would lead to setUement by arbitra tion and that threatened sympath: otrikes by railroad and transport workers would be forestalied. ‘The proposal for them to negotl- ate directly with the cotieries was made by Premier Lioyd George, in a letter to the miners and owners. In Mis letter he mid the govern ment tendered its good offices in an endeavor to bring about an agree ment British transport workers today voted to support striking coal miners "in every Way possible.” The form of action to be taken was left for decision after railway workers determined their attitude in the labor fight, UNITED ACTION OF TRIPLE ALLIANCE The transport workers asked for conferences with the two other groups to decide on united action of the “triple alliance.” Aristocrats in the most exclustve sections of London awoke today to the bugie's reveilie. During the night bodies of troops moved into repared to mount guard over ores. mn garden, became an p overnight. ‘Three thou on pitehed their tents guard line become a great food «to Hyde park will become a camp to day. The streets were filled with troops on the march and with indi of “Camille,” “Sapho” and other) tabpredionix and from that directly | vidual soldiers preparing to joim characters, With the ald of the greatest physt- clans of Great Britain, the league is hygiene, maternity, child welfare, eugenics, alcoholiem, housing, tuber- culosis and social diseases, Misa Nethersole thus explains the founding of the league: “The matter of health is not new with me. Early In my career I as pired to play fn English the roles of | into the housing situation. One thing | ed to another. | | “When the war came I aided in | giving public lectures on personal recruiting and canteen work, | “Three years’ service as a Red Croa# nurse showed me the appalling | need men on the effects of alcoholism and | wocial dimmanen, | | “Those afe some of the reasons |that led to the founding of the| | Health league.” RUM-MADDENED DEMON AMUCK POCATELLO, Idaho, April ¢.— Olat Rye shined up on moonshine morn he had confessed to county av yesterday, borrowed a rifle, locked orkman, declared, all the lodgers of a hotel into a single room, fired seven shots thra the door, wounded one woman, and was dragged to fall earty today from a “| shack in the outakirta where he had taken refuge from the sheriff. {DOPE IS FOUND; for the occu the scene of an entertainment for|pant of a room in the Armstrong the wounded veterans stationed at | apartments, Seventh ave. and Yesler the hospital, the program being fur.| way, where they found five ounces employes of the and the jazz or- man, violin; Arvi Rahkonan, flute; E. V. Denny, clarionet; H. J. Nutt, Cecil Westerman, trombone, R. J. Jackson, flute, will be fea- ous readings and Miss Helen West- one” ragtime specialty will be offered HL J. Nutt, Poll Tax Agents Poaching, She Says Poll tax collectors are poaching on One another's beats, according to a Pom who phoned to The Star to- y. She wouldn't tell her name, but she Uves at 6220 14th ave. N. E. She was wrathy. “First came one to register me for the poll tax this morning, then it wasn't 10 minutes before another one appeared,” she said. “1 told him, ‘You must think us taxpayers have a lot of money to spend, paying you to chase one another around like thier” MRS. FREDERICK BENTLEY Presents Michele De Caro Baritone, in Recital METROPOLITAN THEATRE ‘Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 P.M. Tickets $2.00, 81.00, ioe On Sale April 9, 10 A. Mm. THEATRE BOX OFFICE by the Calbank Staff club of | of cocaine in @ clothes closet Tues Bank of|day. Ratis were made at the same time on the office of Harry Gong, a Chinese, in the L. C. Smith building, and on certain rooms in the Chicago hotel, 655 Dearborn st.. but no dope made up of Wilbur Wester. | found. —William Einzig, 532 16th ave. told police Wednes- 25 by Carl Bryant, Ro le Nicholas and |%Y that hie auto struck J. P. Nord- Me, 45, a¢ Broadway and James st. Tuesday afternoon, when the latter stepped onto the car tracks to see if his car was coming. Einzig maid he took Nordlie home and that the lat- ter was uninjured. 26 Mra. 8. McClure, 930 Elliott ave. N., received minor bruises Tuesday afternoon when hit by an auto driven by Mra. Sadie Rafferty, 207 Seventh ave. N., at First ave. N. and Mercer Seattle on Friday Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, one of the famous passengers that will sail on the steamship Wenatchee Satur- day morning, will arrive here from San Francisco Friday, according to word received here by the Chamber of Commerce. On his arrival Wood will be met by ranking officers of the various Puget sound forta and posta, “They Shall Not Pass”—Gen. Wood SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.— “They shall not pass” was the an swer given by Maj. Gen, Leonard Wood to 10,000 persons assembled here last night under the auspices of the American Legion of San Fran cisco, on “What Is Americanism?” “Americanism means a govern ment of law and order,” Wood de clared, “and all those who enter our gates with the insidious propaganda of sovietism or ita allied doctrines must be stopped and forced to drop their double citizenship and take the oath of allegiance to our institutions or turn back to those lands whence they came.’ There is no room in this country for half-breed American- jem.” SAMUEL F. CRIN, 54, wea- man, died at Pgovidence hospital Tuesday. The body is at the Home undertaking parlors, County live stock men in convention here today re elected F Banker president and P. 'T. Harris, secretary-treasurer OKANOGAN PORT ANGELES Bush reached Merrill & Rit ber camp by airplane yester reopen the camp neer tum y to} HUGHES FACES STIFFEST FIGHT BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, April 6.—Prent dent Harding having definitely | turned his back on the treaty of Ver. sallles and the league of nations cov enant, Secretary of State Hughes questions now in controversy between the allies and the United States, there in expected to be an almost immediate stiffening ot opposition to American claims. The quentions are: 1. Japan's exclusive mandate over the island of Yap, important cable point in the Pacific. | 2. The San Remo agreement, be- tween Great Britain and France, for | division of the oll supplies of Meno- | Potamie, which, it is held, violated portunity, | former German cables, on which the | conference of the five great powers | meeting here has not yet been able to agree, ‘ Official cpafirmation of the dis patch by Secretary of State Hughes | of @ note to the allies, pretesting | their attitude on the mandate ques tion, was made here today. It was stated authoritatively today [that the note was sent individually to all the four great powers—Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy. “Little John Doe” Has Hectic Start | PORTLAND, Ore, April 6. Born, deserted, adopted—all within in his eradie in a wealthy Portland home today crowing a bit and con- |midering the hectic experiences of | his earty life. The derelict biby boy, less than a day old, was left on the doorstep of a nursery at 10 o'clock last night. Before morning a home had beth R. Jehu, the matron. NEW BILL COMING |TO PALACE HIP An outstanding feature of the bill which opens Thursday at the Palace | Hip is announced in the comedy epi Regal and Mack Mack have com- pressed a wealth of gay comedy, | | some lively topical songs and much clever soft-shoe dancing. An artistic musical, singing and | dancing scene is the offering in which Gleesone and Houlihan are scheduled to appear. potamia, which, it is held, aac 3. An equitable division of the| 24 hours—Young John Doe, Jr, lies | been found for him by Mors, Eliza-| sode, “The Book Shop," in which Ida! Mills and Moulton are a sprightly | |couple, who keep “A Timely Ap-| pointment,” to the amusement of thelr audiences: Howard and Hoffman are two ver-| satile young men with good voices | anda fund of original songs. | | The Ukullo Quartet is comprised |of men and girla who hail from the Hawaiian islands i Parisian magical novelties will be | presented by M. Canaris, assisted by | | Mile, Cleo. | Marie Doro is the star of the fea-| | ture photoplay, “Midnight Gambols,”" | Beg Pardon! The Star never intentionally prints an | untrue statement or makes an unjust charge. But our reporters are human, and they don't SEE everything they | write about, Whenever an error erenpe ito The Star, we will be very gind te! correct it, and we will thank the friends who call it to our attention. fe George Aki, Seattle man under! arrest in Tacoma in connection with | the murder of Henry Bacon at] Dupont Sunday, is not ya Filipino, as reports from Tacoma indicated He is a Hawaiian, according “| the Pierce county sheriff, thelr “outfita.* SOLDIERS AT RAIL STATIONS There was & great deal of mystery regarding some of the troop move: ments, The appearance of whole for edycation among youn | companies at railway stationi%ied to/ the belief that great numbers al-| ready have been dispatched to danger points in the mining district and in dustrial centers. ‘Thos far, neither exflors nor pol Giers have been asked to take over the work of the strikers. Sporadic violence was reported from the mining regions. In Cowden. death, Fifeshire, a great mob fotght with pollee guarding one pit. A mine manager who was attempting to pre vent the flooding of the mine was neverely beaten. Policemen rescued the manager, but the mob continued to grow. A red fag was run up and for « time the police were threatened seriously. bp) She ts the mother of six children, | MOTHER SAVED |) BY DAUGHTER Child Knocks Poison Bottle From Her Hand Knocking & bottle of todine from her mother’s hand as she wan about \to drink it with suicidal intent, | | Myrtle Pheips, 11 years old, of 626 Hell wt, waved the life of her mother |Tuenday afternoon, Mra. J. P. Phelps, 35, swallowed A small amount of the poison despite the action of her flaughter. She was) attended at city Nowpital Her condi tion is not serious. No reason, other than temporary mental aberration, tv given for the | woman's ermpt on her own life. | |ranging in age from three months to six years, Two weeks ago she called police, claiming to be deserted and mying he needed protection. The father in a hard-working man and was work. | ing at the time, It waa thin action | that aroused doubts regarding Mrs. | Phelps’ mental condition. WOMEN MANAGE. KANSAS TOWN Thayer Submits to Feminine Rule THAYER, Kans, April ¢-—Two widowed grandmothers, three house | wives and a telephone operator will | direct the destinies of this village of 400 for the next year, An entire women's ticket war} swept Into power when votes of the | | munielpal election were counted to- | day. | Al the women were nominated | without their knowledge or consent | | by business men who had grown | tired of “old men's administrations.” | Members of the new women's ad- | ministration are: Mayor, Mrs. A. HL Forest, wid owed clabwoman, with three children and eight grandchiidren. Police judge, Mra. Hattie Brews. ter, widowed clubwoman, with fou children and four grandchildren. Couneiiwomen— Mra, Ida Craig. | wife of a grain dealer; Mra. Bunice Rash, clubwoman, wife of the cash- | fer of the First National bank, with three young sons: Mies Allie Lam. | bertaon, telephone operator; Mra, Iva Cross, wife of a hardware dealer and mother of five children, and Mrs. Daisy Savage, farmer's widow, mother of three children, ‘These are the most weighty lema facing the new administration: Whether or not to make the boys wear bathing sults this summer when they jump in the old ewimmin’ hole in the Santa Fe reservoir. How to stop the local ice man from boosting bis price. What to do with “Dad” Bogel, the city marvhal, who said he won't take any orders from “women folks” “Dad's” principal job t* to meet the Santa Fe at 3 & m. each morn ing and eacort any Thayer women to Leaves for the South |" "°"* Harry Smith, chief United states Rarcetic agent for the Pucifie coast, loaven Beattie tonight for Portland He Totes Grapo in Hot Water Bottle|] to continue his regular tour of in-] With a hot water bottle partly full spection, From Portland he will re-| of turn to bie head office in San Frani pceeg His next trip will be made in une, Ba THE RGRIN We M. Kawaguchi, 32, was ar. Tested in the Indiana hotel, Maynard re, ‘eller st., Tueaday night by RTApo, in the 1 ave. and Weller Gry squad officers, BON MARCHE | BASEMENT Eliminating Waste Bring You Savings You save in the Bargain Basement because we do not have to charge you for Free Delivery, Credit Losses from Bad Accounts, Free Alterations to Gar- ments, Expensive Fixtures and Surplus Sales- service. To Complete Your Spring Outfit A SMART SPORTS SKIRT AT $5.00 The smartest of velour checks and plaid patterns are shown in attractive grays, browns, blues and tans. They're plaited—box or knife—and plain styles, All sizes from 26 to 31 waist. “Red Cross black or combinations. not the latest. However, to 9. ” and “John Kelly” High-Grade Shoes at $3.98 a Pair Women’s High Shoes—all leather or with cloth tops—in calf, vici or'patent leather. All ‘h heels and welt or turned soles, Gray, The materials are of the best—but the styles are Sizes 214 to 8—widths AAA to D. ave hijh’ fieldmouse, they're all good looking. ‘“Seconds’’ of Women’s FIBER HOSE, 29c Pair Made with seamless feet and shown in black and colors. Sizes 814 to 91%, Women’s Knitted Bloomers, 35c Women’s pink knitted Bloomers in sizes 5 @ i I 4 ‘Ce coal T * THE BONCYARCH S a merchandising event Silk Week is worthy of the A ric which it features. Its prices take silk out of the ury” class—and bring its beauty, usefulness and du: the every-day lives of all. Investigate Silk Week They come only twice a year! = Noteworthy Savings in 36-In. Tricolettes at $1.88 THEY'RE INEXPENSIVE—WEAR WELL—ARE FINE FOR SPORTS SUITS, COATS AND BLOUSES FOR SPRING AND SUMMER - Drop-stitch and plain-weave Tricolettes are both favored—and they may be in th t desirable spring colorings, including ‘ wigies Mary, brown, midnight, silver, scarab, black, oriole, tomato, henna, copper, tan, peach and others. 33-In. Habutai Silk, 98c Yd. 40-Inch Black Chiffon Velvet $4.95 Yard Very economical is this Habutai Silk —it wears well and is easily laun- Rich Black Chiffon V. dresses, suits and costs 40 Ia wide, at $4.95 a yard. g dered. White with black stripes— 36-In. Plaid Silks, $1.95 for dresses, waists and men’s shirts. Plaid Silks, much wanted for ) rability economies! 36-Inch Wash Satin $1.55 Yard Splendid quality Wash Satin for the i i skirts or children’s dj price—$1.55. Ivory, flesh and pink ee bere: —especially nice for lingerie — it ee, a of launders well. 36-In. Black Silk, $1.89 Yd. Unusually good values in Black Chif- fon Taffeta and Lustrous Satins—at $1.89 a yard. Suitable for dresses, blouses and skirts. 40-Inch Satin Charmeuse $2.79 Yard A beautiful, Keavy-weight Charmeuse at $2.79 a yard—in ivory, coral, tur- quoise, honey dew, black, navy and brown. 36-In. Luster Poplins, Non-crushing Silk-mixed Po all the new sport colorings, orange, rT, porcelain—also brown and others. 36-Inch Silk Jersey $2.45 Yard All-silk Jerseys—excellent for peti coats—here in navy, purple, Eme and black—and at $2.45 a FABRIC FLOOR—(THIRD) Play Clothe for Happy Kiddies! GARMENTS ARE PRACTICAL— PRICES ECONOMICAL —Dark Play Suits in plain col- ors or stripes, sizes 2 to 6 years at 95¢ to $1.50. —Cunning Creepers for baby, 6 months to 2 years, at 95¢, $1.25 and $1.50. IS dark for play wear, rick- rack braid trimming, sashes, heavy materials, deep hems and wide skirts, at $1.50 and $1.95. BABY SHOP--SECOND FLOOR Lace Trimmed Buffet Scarfs 59c Dresser or Buffet Scarfs, made of fine quality white linene and trimmed with Torchon lace—in three patterns—17x50 inches. Tapestry Pillow Covers at 79c Two patterns in conventional and floral designs —18x18 inches. ART SECTION—THIRD FLOOR A Selling of “Rogers” - ) Silver-Plated Ware at 98c IN THE “CARNATION” AND “CARLTON” PATTERNS Te t of 6, 98¢ Demart Ateoea, set of 3, 98c Table S| 8, set of 3, 98c Dinner set of 3, 98¢ Butter Knife and Dinner Knives, set of 3, 98¢ Sugar Shell, 98 Also other useful items in the lot. UNION STREET BASEMENT Spoons, 98¢ each Gravy Ladles, 98c each Thursday--Good Foods at Tempting Pric Have You Seen Our New Electric Oven? Different kids of bakery goods demonstrated each day. Thursday we will ma all kinds of cookies—hot, 20c a dozen; 2 dozen, 35c. : Bakery Goods At the —Strawberry Butterhorns, Delicatessen Canned made with. pure butter and —Choice Kippered Sal- —Bon Marche © home-made strawberry pre- mon, select yeed per pound, 40¢. serves, topped off with pound, 27¢. : walnuts, 4 for 25¢; each, ——Bon Marche Thousand | —Town Talk Coff 7¢. Island Salad Dressing, true to name, Ibs made fresh daily, 43¢ a 15¢. At the Lutich Counter poand Thuvelen: —Cocoa, lb. 15¢. —Hot buttered Scone with —Spredwell Peanut But- —Soda Crackers, raisins and coffee, 10¢, ter, lb. can 12¢. FOOD SHOPS-—-UPPER MAIN FLOOR ESTABLISHED 1890