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YS “pline, ure num! oped, | '}Believe Hunted Outlaw Drown dq Tonight and ture Maximum, 72. VOLUME 24. NO. 154. Howdy, folks! If this weather WEATHER warmer Thersday; gentle northwesterly winds, noon, 72, doesn't reform, we're going in swimming this afternoon. A ofrt we like In May Koloff; Her ruby lips, | They don't come off. eee Ideal New England Dinner: Corned beef and one of these cam- eign cigars. It’s alt right to trust your wife: ij but don’t let the storekeepers trust her. INTERESTING FACTS i The gink at the circus who | makes a specialty of swallowing i fiames has refused a drink of Fi Yesler Way grape. oe | “Girl Found Sane Prepares to Wed."—-Star headline.* Try her again, Judge! see Plans for a pension system for all city employes are being discussed. What they need is a burial system for the dead ones on the city payroll. eee ‘ f Mrs. Edith Spreckles Wakefield of San Francisco wants to lease an- | other woman's husband for $100 « month. Us husbands have got to; Oppose this doggone profiteering! | see rT GEE. GEE, TH’ OF FICE % VAMP, SEZ | The reason they put buttons | on coat sleeves in so your arm | | won't slip off the lunch coun- | | ter. 2— ———$$—$—$$——— | . A Our wife doesn’t drive us to @rink; we always have it delivered. | one LI'l Gee Gee wears knickers when she's hiking in the foothills, Her) breath comes in short pants, too, | one i “My marriage to Mr. MeCarmick! Will not interfere with my devotion to Art.”"—Ganna Walska. Now who in heck is Art? (urn to Page 8, TRureday, fate; Last 6 Hours Minimum, 56. Rambler. and Rattler, crack bloodhounds, owned by King county and kept by Sheriff Mat Starwich, which, according to the latest theory, are believed to have driven Frederick H. | country and evidence to convict ev: DeLage, escaped convict from the McNeil Island penitentiary, to his death in the icy waters of Puget Sound. The fact that Delage has cacaped several posses of men for 48 hours lends color to the drowning theory. Driven to Death by Bloodhounds “=WPEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAVE ELECTED THE STAR THEIR FAVORITE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER — BY 15,000 PLURALITY CITY OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSED On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Batered as Geoond Clase Matter May 8, 1 W EDNES: DAY, AUGUST 28, 1922. rs Ts TACOMA, Aug. 23.—Belleved to have drowned in the icy waters of Puget Sound while flee ing from Rattler and Rambler, bloodhounds of Sheriff Matt Starwich Wednesday, Frederick H. De Lage, escaped auto thief of the federal penitentiary at MeNeti island, was nevertheless being sought thruout the entire and members of the sheriff's of- fice. Proceeding on the drowning theory, officials were today keeping | the anh even closer watch along an in the case” cannot be located gave color Wednesday to the be Het of federal officers that Henry De Lage made his way to the mainland and left the posses holding an empty bag. Search was instituted thruout the Pacific Northwest, Wednesday, for Mra. Ceritha Johnson, sald to be De Lage’a sweetheart. She was seen in Seattle two weeks ago, when she suddenly dropped from sight, accord ling to Roy Darling, chief of the local office of the department of justice. Darling's belief is that Mra, John. shores and inlets, hoping to find De | son has aided De Lage. Lage’s body. that the convict, who escaped after a sensational break for liberty Mon. | day, had been driven to desperation by the baying hounds that are seek- ing bim, and that in attempting to swim Hat island and the mainiand, swim to Hat isiand end the mainiand, As the water ts exceptionally current have little chance of living were he to attempt the long swim, it ‘The fact that bandit, with the ald of barrels and near- ly died from exposure as he told after his capture, lends color to the theory, the posses insist. Another angle to the case develop- ed here today when Tacoma police were informed by Miss Vera Snow- den ani Mrs, Mary A. Archibald that De Lae was undoubtedly the man who with a companion held up and robbed Mrs. Archibald’s grocery Monday night. They positively iden tified De Lage’s photo as one of the bandits ‘Warden Archer, however, scouted this theory. He pointed out that De Lage would hardly lay himself open in such a way so soon after his encape. pga OP Disappearance of a larmer’s rowboat and the fact the “wom- WARDEN SAYS DELAGE 1S NOT IN COW BARN “It's a cinch that Frederick DeLage isn’t pulling a Roy Gard- ner on us,” said Warden Archer ‘Wedn y. “Ga er crawled back into the cow barn right beside the prison buildings under the cover of darkness. “The barn was searched this morning and Delage hasn't been there.” It is considered likely | | | | | Searchers Tuesday reported the disappeacsnce of a roavboat, which It is believed may have been used by De Lage Monday night to cross the narrow chan- nel to the mainiand. Or, it is Polited out, the fugitive may be making his way cautiously along the shore in the craft, Many snug harbors and coves to shel- ter a small boat during the day time abound in the vicinity, One result of the man hunt #0 far i# the discovery of two hidden nests, believed to have been used by Roy Gardner, notorious mail train bandit, in his successful break for liberty last year. The nests are located in the deep woods on the north side of the island. Several trails were taken up and followed Tuesday by Rattler and Rambler, Sheriff Matt Starwich's bloodbounds, who were drafted into the hunt. Martin E. Darby, the guard who fired twice at the running (Turn to Page 8, Column 3) | Truck Plunges Into River, Man May Die TACOMA, Aug. 28—Leroy Cayze, of Seattle, was in the Puyallup hos. pital today with injuries. suffered late yesterday, when a truck which he was driving plunged off the Stuck river bridge near Sumner into the river bed 15 feet below. Attend ing physicians aid that he had a broken neck is employed by the McCon- hy transfer company of Seattle. iGerman Mark Again Takes Big Decline LONDON, Aug. 23--Because of the grave reparations outlook, the German mark today declined to 6,200 to the pound sterling, or about 1,400 to the American dollar. | | 1| TAKEN IN RAID | 80 RADICALS AND LEADER | ESCAPE Federal Officers Start Manhunt) After Raid on Communist Meet) BY CHARLES R. LYNCH BRIDGEMAN, Mich. Aug. 23. —A manhunt for William Z. Fou ter and 99 other radicals, who escaped during a raid on the communist convention In the heart of the woods near here, wan conducted by federal au- thorities today. The raid, which yesterday netted 17 alleged leaders of the communist party of America, was declared to have been the most successful yet conducted in the United States, ‘The: 17 captives are lodged In jail here and will be tried for alleged vic- | lation of the Michigan syndicalism | Foster, leader of the 1919 steel strike, and considered as one of the most intellectual radicals In the United States, escaped in a tax, ac-| cording.to the authorities, | THREE WOMEN FLEE WITH MEN | Three prominent women radicals, | including Mra. Rese Pastor Btokes | and Ella Reeves Boor, accompanied | Foster, Borin Reinstein and Arnold Losowsky on their flight from here yesterday, federal authorities declar 4 today. ‘The third woman ts unknown, Lvidence to convict hundreds of} communists thruout the United States ia tn the hayés of authorities, it wa: Federal fo eny combed hundreds of papers in the raids yeater- day belonging to the communist] party. ‘The papers were discovered | buried in one of the hollows eur.) rounding the Wolfakee! resort, where} the convention was being held. | LIST OF NAMES Lists of ali communists tn the ery one on the list is in the hands of | authorities, it was declared | “We can arrest these men at any}! time now and be sure of convicting | them.” KE. C, Shanahan, federal | agent, declared. “Some of these! rede contained on the list have been shadowed for years, but we have been |” unable to get anything on them.” } Foster, Reinstein and Loszowsky, | lwith their three women companions, were being sought in Chicago today. | It waa believed they were in hiding | there. } Local Michigan authorities were on | the lookout for the 80 other alleged | reds who escaped. It was thought] possible that they had sought refuge | in nearby towne. | Charles Johnson, chief of detec: | tives of the Michigan Central, was! here today in an attempt to link some of the reds with the Gary wreck, which sent the road's “mil- lion dollar express” to destruction and cost two lives. STEEL WORKERS GET NEW WAGES; 20 Per Cent Pay Increase Is Announced NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—-The Beth- lehem and Lackawanna Steel corpor: ations today announced wage in- creases of 20 per cent in their com- mon labor rates, together with an equitable adjustment in rates of other classes of employes, effective Sept. 1. These announcements followed re Senion Sythe Tinie eae Steel corporation. President Grace, of Bethlehem, stated employes have been informed of the prospective raise thru their representative under the employes’ representation plan. Lackawanna Steel wil) put similar wage advances into effect, the Dow- Jones fina announced. A Want Ad to the Rescue Is your home for sale? Is your house for rent? Do you need new furniture? Do you want an automobile? Whatever you may want, or whatever you care to dispose of “use a Star Want Ad If it t# priced right and tn good condition, or you are not asking something for nothing, you will have no trouble finding the other party. WELL, OUR MAYOR IS JUST UP AGAINST IT Mayor Brown ts in @ dilemma! He wants the council to con. firm Carl Gassman as superin tendent of streets. But the council has already turned Gassman down. Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier ruled Wednesday that Brown cannot again send Gass. man's name to the council, and it he fails to send another name the council! can appoint a superin- tendent who cannot be removed by the mayor! BOY, 6, KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK Steals Ride; Falls Beneath Wheels; Dies Fatally injured when he slipped under a rear whel of a sawdust truck at Sixth ave. 8. and Dakota at., Wednesday noon, 6-year-cld Dudley White, son of Mra. J, E. White, 4212 Sixth ave. 8, died Just as the ambulance in whieh he was being carried reached the city hospital ‘The Ind had been riding on the rear of the vehicle without the driver's knowledge, potice sald. He slipped and fell, alighting upon his back. One of the rear wheels of the heavy truck crushed him. Coroner W. H. Corson and po- lice are probing the accident. The Waiter Was Mistaken; ’Twas Very, Very Far WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—When Mr. Volstead—perhaps ycu have heard the name before—decides it ts lunch time and strolls into the house Of representatives restaurant In the capitol building, he gets this jolt. Tight between his eyes: (wena ata | Budweiser beer. 25 cents and white, right at the bottom of the new menu carde that have appeared since the restaurant was re-opened a few days ago. And all this tn « restaurant owned ind operated by Uncle Sam, too, not withstanding Mr law which prohibits public display of the word “beer” unless it Is properly qualified! Naturally, the new menu card bas caused a lot of comment, but as Mark Twain said about the weather: nobody ever seems to do anything. A waiter, however, mournfully as- sured an inquisitive newspaper man | that the beverage was only near-beer —and hardly that. Ry actual test it proved the waiter was unduly optimistic. Fact in, it's far-beer. Very, very far indeed PLANE’S CREW TO BE LANDED WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The crew of the giant sea plane Sampaio Correia, which collapsed and fell into the ocean between Cuba and Haitt | last night, while attempting a filght | from New York to Rio de Janetro, | | probably will be landed at Guantana- | j mo, Cuba, today by the U. 8. 8. Den-| ver. All members of the crew were | | picked up by the Denver after the plane ma a bad janding and was smashed, | Not Insanity, Just Alcohol | and Dan Cupid Meeting a girl on Sunday, marry- Jing her on Monday and having in- jannity charges filed against him on Tuesday was the rapid fire expe- rience of Sigurd J, Hansen, who on ‘Wednesday was found to be mentally 0. K. Hansen, It developed at a hearing |held in Judge King Dykeman’s court by Doctors D. A, Nicholson and James E. Stevens, is a seaman, and \has been drinking all his life. They lattributed his apparent offishness to \the effects of alcohol, Hansen married Miss Murray Ives, Dawson st | ‘The insanity complaint was sworn to by H, Halvorsen, | brother-in-law, | ee ‘MAN HELD AS MAIL LOOTER TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 28.—Carl Bergstrom, 25, postal employe, who jwas arrested here last night on a charge of rifling the malls, was to be jxiven a hearing today before United |States Commissioner Thomas W. Hammond. It was reported that Bergstrom’s) jarrest might clear up the logs of sev: | eral sums of money from the mats! here. He was taken into custody | after three decoy letters, all contain. ing money, were found in his locker, it was stated. Hansen's | Volstend’s famous | verybody talks about it, and yet/ |day in commenting on reports that | The Seattle Sta the Postoffice at Geattian Wash, wader the Act of Congress March 8, 1879, Por Year, by Mall, 66 to 00 VETS BLAME CARNIVAL ON Assert Obnoxious “Girlie. Shows” Were All Duly ’ Sanctioned BY FE. P. CHALCRAFT That three city officials sanc- tloned the obnoxious girl-and- gambling shows which were closed by police August 17 after running only three days during the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Seattle, was charged Wednesday by the vet- rans themselves. Coincident with this @ectaration, | the Leavitt, Brown & Huggine Car-| nival Co. was scheduled to file sutt | }in superior court for $15,000 dam |ages as the result of the police cut. | ting short their week's engagement at Fifth eve. and University st | 1 am reliably ormed.” said Philip Tworoger, attorney and mem: | | ber of the Veterans of Foreign Wars | |committes, “that authority to hold; ithe carnival and shows was given j by at least three city officials.” Tworoger refused to name the | officials at this (ime, but said two were located in the County- | elty building and one in the pub- Ue eafety building. “The whole trouble is due,” Tworoger said, “to lack of can- | dor on the part of certain city officials with gladiator chins and ots in the wult being prepared by the law firm of Robinson, Murphy and Murphine, the Leavitt, Brown pm nel Co. ie plaintitt and the de fendants are Veterane of For. olen Ware and L. C. Lester, | Lenter in brought Into the case be | cause ft is claimed he xigned a con- {tract with the carnival company. act- ‘Micky’ Collins Assassinated! Pride Shine (Copyright, 1922, with pride shining thru he Ireland was accomplished. With the signing of the marriage. beauty, was a popular and government. here and there, appearing alive. British spies learned of jing m authorized agent of the | Veterans’ association Tworoger @n the other hand dectar- jea Wednesday that neither the vet jerans of foreign wars nor any com- | mittee or member of any committee [entered into a contract with the car. |hival company, nor gave Lester au- thority to do no. j In reply to this, Lester sald that be was acting under the thority of the veterans, He states further that not only the main carnival, but all the outside shows of the Leavitt, Brown & | Huggins company, and that the | veterans of foreign wars received ® percentage from al! of the con- | consions. Attorneys for the earntval company claim that only the main show belong. 4 to their client, and that the side attractions, which were the target of general resentment because of their low character, were brought in by Lenter. | The carnival company asks $4,000 damages for lors to its reputation, janother $6,000 for loss of profit be- cause of the closing, and $3,000 ex- pense for bringing the show to Se. attle from Gresham, Ore. 24 MOTORISTS - IN POLICE NET Twenty-four Seattle motorists, charged with speeding, fell into the} net of the police during the 24-hour period ending at noon Wednesday. Four were arrested during the same period on charges of driving while intoxicated. Charged with driving an auto while drunk, J. Landers, steeplejack, was ot liberty Wednesday on $200 bail, following a crash between his auto and a machine driven by J. W. Anderson at Fremont ave, and N,| 34th st. last week, Anderson was| sentenced Tuesday in police court to serve 10 days in jail and pay a fine of $100. Anderson also was charged with driving an auto while intoxt- cated. U.S. MAY YET SEIZE TRAINS WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—In an extreme emergency the government will have to take over the railroads, [Secretary of War Weeks declared to: | a settlement of the rail strike was not probable from the New York negotiations of rail executives and union leaders. He emphasized that the federal government was determined to pre- vent @ breakdown in transportation. FALLS IN TUB, BURNS FATAL! TACOMA, Aug. 23.—After suffer: | ing hours of agony from burns sus- tained when she fell into a tub of scalding water, Myrna Reman, 4. year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. ; Edward Reman, was dead here today. | ‘The little girl had been taking a drink of water in the Kitchen of her mother’s home, when she backed Bergstrom had been in the postal service for about 20 months. away and fell into the tub of hot water, “Forgive Them,” Says Irish Chief When Shot Down n in Rebel Ambush BY GEORGE MacDONAGH DUBLIN, Aug. 23—Fighting at the head of his staff officers against [Irish rebels who am- bushed his car on the road from Bandon to Macroom late yester- day, Michael Collins, Ireland's leader, fell mortally wounded at the moment of victory, As he died the rebels were beaten off, For half an hour, against over. whelming odds, the fiery leader of the free state and seven staff officers who were in his party, fought off their assailants, At least three of the rebels were wounded. They were being slowly driven back, and it seemed that Collins, hero of a hun- dred escapes, had once more come thru, when a rebel bullet struck him and he fél!, dying almost instantly. As he lay dying in the dust, his smoking revolver still clutched in his hand, Collins raised his head and murmured: “Forgive them!” — ‘These were his last words. The body of the slain Jeader was brought back to Dublin by water. A sorrow-stricken capital: prepared to receive it with all honor. Perplexity and bewilderment were mixed with Ireland's sorrow. The country scarcely knew where to turn for leadership. When Arthur Grif- fith fell dead, but 10 days ago, Ire- land looked to Collins. He was the last outstanding figure in the Free | | State. Collins was urged to protect him- self, the rebels having plotted his death for some time. But “Micky. as in the war against England, in which he played such a prominent part, insisted upon going to the head of his troops, AMBUSH CLIMAX OF TERRORISM ‘The ambush, crowning stroke of a campaign of terrorism, cost the coun- try the life of the man ypon whom it had pind its highest hopes, General Dalton, of the Free State army, a former Boston boy, who served in the British army and was cited for conspicuous gallantry dur ing the world war, was wounded try- ing to defend his chief. Dalton, who was in corimand of Free State troops in the Cork area, was with Collins in the car which was ambushed, An armed guard accompanied them from Bandon en route for MacRoom. A large party of rebels lay tn wait for the car at a turn of the road. Fierce fire raked the party from both sides. {Collins and Dalton were in- stantly on their feet, revolvers in hand, replying to the fire from hid- den assailant: The fighting lasted halt hour. col iS FIGHTS WITH COURAGE Collins, urging on hig staff officers and guard, fought with superb cour. age, exposing himself constantly to the insurgent bullets, The Free State party was driving off the attackers when a bullet from an unidentified rebel lodged in Col- AAC) ham HOME| ii Kitty Kiernan Weeps, but ONGFORD, Ireland,. Aug. 23.—The most pitiful . figure in sorrowing Ireland today, weeping, but fiance of murdered Michael Collins. Assassins’ bullets, which cut short the Free State leader’s brilliant career as soldier and statesman, shattered the heart romance of his life, upon which he had turned his back “until the fight is won.” The girl who risked her life running thru long stretches of woods filled wi Collins, then the “phantom rebel, ture, was one he had chosen for his bride. cided they could not marry until “Mickey’s wed, but defection of De Valera and the Ulster bor- der war, caused three more postponements of their The romance of the couple was on every Irish lip and in every Irish heart. of the Sinn Fein parliament and of the Free State They met under the most romantic circumstances during the fight with Great Britain. phantom they dubbed him, swore never to be taken Once, touring Kitty’s county as head of the republican army's military intelligence, Collins slept in a lonely cabin miles deep in the heart of a wood. “black and tans” prepared to attack him. Kitty, who knew of Collins only as the m: rebel hero, risked her life to etrate the cordon and warn him. They together and es- caped just ahead of the troops. r the truce, Mickey returnéd t0:laisi Hier aa Me promised bride. ; — TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE s Thru Tears by United Press) r tears, was Kitty Kiernan, ith British soldiers to warn of impending cap- They de- work for peace treaty they were to Kitty, Longford county familiar figure at meetings Collins, dodging and reappearing, like the his whereabouts and the ritish line’ body As their leader fell, fire of the State party slackened and the pressed their advantage, Two of tht defenders were wound- ed, one critically. . Pinally the Free State party drove |the rebels away and took the body | of their chief to Cork, where it was put on a steamer for Dublin. : There will be state funeral tn the Irish capital. a A triumvirate will succeed Colling | at the hed of the Irish free state. Liam Cosgrave, chairman of the — provisional government cabinet, map rise to be Collins’ successor, or it may be dashing “Dick” Mulcahy, com i mander in chief of the Free army. George Gavan Duffy, former envoy, is the third outstanding figure. . For the time being, {t was learned, — tesase three will head the Free government. None of them fs parable to Collins, who, esped after the death of Griffith, stood head and shoulders above all Ireland, Unless ‘the triumvirate suc ceeds, it was freely predicted that the Free State may collapse, due to activities of the rebels under — De Valera, which would again bring invading forces of te Incand, end conse © ream | of the centuries-old conflict, | Collins, im recent months, | known as the “Lincoln of Erin.” had been largely instrumental im ducing his people to accept the State government. His death at a time when Ireland was (Turn to Page 8, Column 4) ees ‘Two Navy Men Made Adm WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. dent Harding today nomin George R. Marvell and Henry J. Ziegemeler to be rear admirals in the United States navy, Both nominees are captains now, |and both ure stationed in the Pactie, Arizona and Ziegemeier on the U, 8, California, ® Marvell has been assigned to go te Manila, where he wil) be in charge of the naval district, with headquarters fone Ziegemeier will be stationed in Washington, as director of naval communications there. He ~. Refuse Extradition for “Bandit Queen” LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.—Ge William D, Stephens today to sign papers fo¥ the extrad of Extol Emmons, alleged queen, arrested here for Bi Ore., authorities. a | Justice Hanby, following this ae = tion, postponed until, tomerrow her hearing at. which her attorneys stated they will ask her release lack of evidence against her,

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