The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1921, Page 11

f | Section Two Will Try to Cure Woman of Burglary PLAYER OF FONG NOT ARRESTED Seattle Police Find Seven Secret Societies in M_aster Plot Police today continued their ef: forts to apprehend the tongman murderers of Liew Fong, who was Pehot to death Tuesday night by - two unknown Chinese gunmen, who ‘wounded three others before they felled Fong. The investigation thus far has Pesulted in the finding of no clue fo the murderers but led to discov. ery of a nation-wide war plot among the Orientals. Obscure as to cause, the war » among Chinese feudists now involves | seven major tongs, all believers in a death-for.adeath code. EE HUNDRED | GUNMEN AT LARGE | More than 300 professional Cele» tial gunmen were unleashed from n Francisco's Chinatown for \ killings, according to the olice, following the murder of a "prominent Chinese merchant's wife | by a tong vengeance squad, ‘The “red lantern” of Chinatown, Mrs. Fannie Liebowitz NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Following | faflure of the law, science will try to cure the burglary tendencies of Mra. Fannie Liebowita, third time offender, Dr. EB. H. Vaughan, called into conference by Judge Bayes, says RESCUED GIRLS, Deputy Marshal of Marlboro, marshal, all-round athlete, own home home from church 10 daya or so ago | on Lake Boone, he and a companion, | with much young woman from drowning. And) & lot of people in that section were | because they The Seattle Star ~~) SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, DECLINES GIFT Refuses| Medal for Heroic Act BOSTON, Aug. 12.—Chris Ghilont | deputy United States | is @ very modest man. Chris is a basketball player and well known in his town. While paddling | difficulty, rescued two he was quite peeved when he heard | talking about it, An agent for the Massachusetts Humane society made a trip down to the Federal building, hunted up Chris, told him what was in his mind and showed a handsome medal which he desired to present. “What's the {deat stammered Chris, “I would have been a fine boob not to have helped the girls, now wouldn't I? All the damage it did to me was to wet my clothes, but a neighbor dried and pressed them,” he said. And he indicated there was decidedly nothing doing on the medal This was a new one to the agent. He never ran up against anybody before who wouldn't take a medal “hadn't done any thing.” Boundary Dispute Put Up to League GENEVA, Aug. 12.—Chile has al signal of tong fighting, glows in the deserted streets and faces peer fear- fully from shuttered windows, while the shops are practically deserted. The Chinese take their friendships _ very seriously. Running amuck. - this fraternal passion is responsible for such deadly fighting as occasion: » ally breaks out on Coast cities. MURDEROUS HIGHBINDER PROTECTED BUT FEARED Police interference is resented, _ Bever soucht. The slinking “highbinder.” creat- | €@ by Chinese organizations in Amer- fea for protection and as instrument fn their mysterious code of justice, ts Both feared and protected by the the woman is a victim of hypo thyroidism, J’nder an asumed name! she Is to be placed in a hospital for | three months’ experimental treat- ment. It is the first time such treatment ever has been adminis tered to a person of so-called crim! nal tendencies. Hypo-thyroidiam causes @ dulled mentality, due to the fact that/| there is insufficient secretion from the thyroid gland. If the amount of secretion is increased to normal, mentality or intelligence is stimu lated, and the person begins to reason correctly and to distinguish | jfor maintaining peace, beat between right and wrong. Mrs, Liebowitz, mother of five children, at 36 has three times con fessed to burglary. Yet her hus band earns a good living for his family, and they are well provided for. After doctors have restored Mra. | Liebowitz’s thyroid gland to normal, she will be placed under conditions favorable to stealing. Unknown to herself, of course. The way in which she reacts will determine the success of the expert ment, which @pth the medical and world watching with in- reat, Insane Man’s Will "Is Declared Valid LONDON, Aug. 12-——Tho Joseph Priddie was confined in an asylum ag insane, when he made his will, .| Justice Horridge has declared the document valid after a long fight between the heirs. . Footpad Fights Off 1,000 Pursuers DRESDEN, Aug. 12.—Louis Ku! bert, a Saxon war veteran, held up a village inn, 40 miles from here, fought off 1,000 pursuers in a run- ning battle and escaped when dark- ness came on. tongs. He is © professional killer, who ‘works with Orientat cunning and the modern methods of murder, He rides fm death cars and uses automatic 0 Seldom is he caught by po- He dies as he kills—-among his kind, usually. ‘ARD FOR KILLING hf he le caught, his ‘tong defends If he iy sent to prison, a cer-| in sum of money ts deposited with warden monthly for His use, and like sum sent to his family, If hanged, his family is supported pone This money is secured by, those who hire him from rival “highbind- ay only the assurance that the lantern” of Chinatown glares no . jignal of tong truce—will! Dring the fearful survivors back to their old haunts. . ABERDEEN.—Chamber of Com- ree asks congress for two rail- road artillery guns to provide har- ‘bor defense. Bik EXCURSION Sunday, August 14 The Two Most Popular and Scenic Trips on the Marvelous ‘Wate ot ere of Puset Sound HOOD CANAL A wonder-cruise into the gregt fiord that lies at the foot of the rugged Olympic range. Under auspices of Missouri State Life Co. Everybody welcome. THE FAST STEAMER KITSAP Leaves Colman Dock 9 a m., Arriving at Union City 1:30 p.m. Lunch Served on Board or Bring Your Baskets—Liberal Time Ashore—Music Arrive at Seattle on Return at 10 p. m ROUND TRIP TICKETS ADULTS ooo oo ost eee coc cees cece $2000 CHILDREN 5 TO 12.. + see $1.00 SAN JUAN ISLANDS A Day Among “The Thousand Islands” of the Inland Sea THE STEAMER SIOUX Leaves Colman Dock at 8 a. m. and Returning Arrives About 1030 p. m. Lunch on Board or Bring Your Baskets ROUND TRIP TICKETS CHILDREN 5 TO 12..,...... MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EA\ Phone Main 4993 or Inquire at Ticket Office, Colman Dock SPUGET SOUND NAVIGATION CO. ++ $2.50 - $1.25 jready launched her fight to prevent the September assembly of the league of nations from undertaking to revise 1904 Ancon peace treaty between Bolfvia and Chile. Bolivia's request that the league take up this question was put on the agenda for the second general as- sembly of the league over the pro- test of the Chilean delegation, The latter challenged squarely the com. | petency of the league to undertake the revision of such a treaty as that of 1904—a treaty which, according | to the Chilean delegation, has already | demonstrated its efficacy as a means Sultan’s Relative | Kills Three Wives CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 12.—~ Ahmed Bey, a leading member of the Turkish, aristocracy, and a dis tant relative of Sultan Mehemmed, | killed three of his wives when he {found them using English fans. 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It was an event in her life to buy a new pair of cotton gloves. Only her most extravagant dreams ever led her eager feet into shops where one was lost in a sea of frocks and silk petticoats and French boots. What she did when wealth really came to her you will read in Ruby Ayres’ great novel, “WINDS OF THE WORLD,” which will be printed in The Star in Bberal installments, beginning August 17. MARRIAGES OF GIRL ANNULLED Miss of 15 Wed First Hus- band on Dare NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Florence Cobleigh, who several weeks ao, at the age of 15, was arrested when it was learned that she had been mar- ried twice without the formality of a divoree, had both of her marital ventured annulled in the supreme court Dy Justice Squires recently ‘The girl declared on the stand that her first marriage was the result of a dare. She was walking near Baro Hall on Nov, 24, 1920, with Robert Brockelhurst, and a married couple in the group dared her to marry Brockelhurst. She took the dare and giving her age as 18 secured a Mcense and married the youth. She never lived with Brockelhurst, and later married Otto G. Berringer, a salesman of 117 110th st., Richmond Hill. ‘The date of the later marriage was April, 1921, ‘To Berringer the girl eid that her marriage to Brockedhurst had been annulled, but he subsequently found this to be untrue, and she was ar- rested for bigamy. She waa in the children’s court and was paroled. Thru her mother, Mrs. Kate Cob- Weigh, the girl brought both actions for annulment on the grounds that she was under age when the cere- monies were performed. English Woman Has 36 Husbands DEAL, England, Aug. 12.—When Mra, Florence Keith. was eaveetes | for bigumy ahe confessed she had | 36 husbands living. “I don't know how many are dead,” she gided. She is 62 years old. SPOKANE.—Forest fires tn Stev- ens county and Couer d'Alene and Priest river districts reported under control. Records you should have in your home today. Cortot McCormack McCormack Werrenrath McCormack Galli-Carei - Williams Young, Maggie Philadelphia Orchestra Elman Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Cortot Rachmaninoff Galli-Curei Schumann-Heink Caruso Gluck-Zimbalist Caruso-Elman Caruso, Galli-Curci, Perini, DeLuca we extend to you Wholesalers Comes to BY J. F. RICHARDSON (Formerly a member of the U. 8 shipping board special investigat ing committees and shipping affairs) SAN FRANCISCO, Ang, 12.—Ap pointment of A. J. Frey, vice-presi dent and general manager of the Los Angeles Steamship Company, as |@irector of operations of the emer | gency fleet corporation of the U. 8 shipping board, just announced, brings up picturesque steps in his career and the triumphs which lald the foundation for hie present im portant position. He is an outstanding example of the welfmade man. Starting in 1896 in a subordinate position with the this city, Frey got his early train ing in the school of hardship under ite then head, Fuchard Schwerin. WON POST BY HARD WORK By hard work, long hours and ability, he won the post of assistant general manager of the Pacific Mall, jand his training developed much of the blunt, slugging manner of his tutor, Schwerin. When Captain A. F. Pillsbury, of San Francisco, became district man as a Fig an expert on} Pacific Mail Steamship company of | The surge of human passions—the frank handling this wonderful story, the | | of the vital questions of | popular writer. Shipping Director New Job hting Man they sald ships repaired? EY LAUGHED AT HIM TOO QUICKLY |but a good deal of merriment when repair bosses met together. Consternation replaced j ment, however, when Frey sent |shipping board boats to the navy | culled for bids from the repair mien, and not having gotten low enough estimates, ‘ They got busy at Washington— but Washington said “that fellow | Frey has a will of his own—and be- deal with him." In six weeks from the day he de- clared war on the methods of re- pair men, Frey had the gentlemen of that industry pleading for “just |one more chance.” They promised |to “be good,” and good they were— as long as Frey was on the job. By his blunt methods he had in eix weeks reduced the cost of repairs on the Pacific Coast to more than 40 Where would he get his | Bo there was no improvement | merri-| | yard docks for repairs, after having sides, he is reducing repair costs, so life—these you will find in best from the pen of this HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS FULL in in Temperature | Cause of Trouble | BOSTON, Aug. 12.—Unlucky 1s/ | the dog or cat that falls {1 Just now, |for the Angell Memorial Hospital for Animals has a “full house.” This is an unprecedented situation in the lbig S. P. C. A. institution on Long: | wood ave., and it means that there | isn’t even a hospital cot or corner | left for the wee-est pup or kitten. The extremes in temperature of the last few weeks are blamed by the hospital staff for the enormous number of invalid dumb animals that had to be given medical atten- tion there. Sudden variations in temperature are most endangering to the physical well-being of dogs) and cats, so animal health author- ities say. much below coastal rates. “FREY'S CLEANUP” THEY CALL IT “Frey's cleanup,” they cajl it in Washington to this day, and a | clean-up it was, the effect still be- eastern dn@ southern ing felt in shipping board practice on this coast, After leaving the board, Frey went to the Los An- WOMEN FIGHT — IN HUB STORE | |Female Detective Grapples Girl Pickpocket ° BOSTON, Aug. 12.—A free-for-all fight between a woman detective and an alleged female pickpocket caused an uproar among shopping’ crowds in a downtown department? |store the other afternoon, and the arrival of Special Officer Jol Manning of the City Hall Aven | station, prevented serious casuabe; ties. According to eye witn the detective was getting all worst of the’ argument when the ; ficer arrived and pried the womem apart, i The prisoner gave the name Lillian Cohen, 19 years old, of I Dorchester, The girl was natt dressed and her black hair waa bobbed in the latest style. When arraigned before Judge Burke in municipal court, she pleade: ed guilty to the theft of two pockets: books from customers of the stores! The special officer testified that shay caught the girl in the act of 4 pocketbook containing $15.27, Mi Lundquist adeosted the girl, wher grappled, and the two went to the |floor in a clinch. They rolled all lover the place before the girl was subdued, it 1400 Girls Vanish; ‘Cadets’ Are B PARIS, Aug. 12.—The system which the govei |worked for years to stamp out | flourishing again. More than 400° girls have disappeared in Paris January 1. They are believed | have been kidnaped and sold by 2 organized gang. president and general m There he came to know Lissner well—and Lissner now shipping board commissioner. Ship operators did not favor for the post of director. feared Frey's “direct” method ‘They shipipng| they do not doubt his ability to the operation of the fleet on @ per _ooat of former rates and that geles Steamship company as vice-' ness basis. ager of the Pacific Coast district for | the Emergency Fleet corporation, he took Frey as his chief assistant Pillebury resigned tn June, 1919, and Frey succeeded him. ‘The shipping board was then pay- ing tribute to the greed of the re pair industry, and nobody seemed able to cope with t situation. Frey quietly and grimly prepared | for a fight. He called the repair) men in and told them if they didn’t, scale down prices, quit loading the | jobs with too many men, and give! the government honest work, he would take the business from them. They grinned. 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