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WEDNESDAY, DECE Flashes HUNT FOR BERGDOLL Government agents on wateh fo the rumored return of Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, millionaire draft dodg er, who was thought to have been seen in Seattle recently, will be alded by every member of the American Legion in this state, ate Adjutant Menry A. Wise declared Wednesday “Photographs, measurements and @escriptions of the famous war-time ahirker will be published brow all the Washington posts of the le gion and every member will be on the lookout for Bergdoll, We would like to get him,” Wise sald eee 4 HOLDUPS IN HOUR Inside a period of two hours, ban- dita robbed four men Tuesday night, The first holdup occurred at Pm, when Arthur Dartah was up in the rear of his home at 558 Aloha st, by a lone bandit, about 21 years old, who had an automatic Pistol. Dartah was robbed of $: Exactly an hour later Gus Asbad, 1924% Firat ave. W., was stopped by | two men, roughly dressed, each about 40 years old. Asbad surrendered $40 and the bandits fled. At the same in stant that Asbad was being robbed two young bandits entered the groc ery store of Alfred Corbett, 1731 Rainier ave. and robbed nim of $20 The pair escaped up Beacon hill, R L. Warren, Denny Way pharmacy, at Fourth and Cedar st. was held up at $:30 p.m. by a bandit who robbed him of $50, The police arrived at the scene within a few minutes after the cepa but failed to locate the ban- eee NAME CITY LOBBYISTS John E. Carroll, Oliver T. Erickson and BE. L. Blaine have been named by the city council as a special leg- Islative committee to represent the ety government interests at the coming session of the legistature. Thomas J. L. Kennedy, as corpora. tion counsel, will be en advisory member of the lobby. eee OPERATE ON OFFICER Patrolman B. W. Morris was to be Operated upon Wednesday at Provi. dence hospital for the removal of 12 buekshot, which were lodged to his body when he was accidentally wounded Sunday morning by «a brother officer in a police prowler car. Morris’ condition is not danger. ous, physicians say. REVIVE SCANDAL OVER GARBAGE New Bookkeeping System Is Urged on City yee Bly ull il fh i | | i | j z | - i i if *? | | | F | f Fy : z 4 a a | | 25 Hi I i MINTS PLANTO FOIL ROBBERS had | months of his sentence, Mike Strem- | up occurred.’ Robbing the U. 8. treasury here, which has billions of dollars in cash only has the nation’s depository ita armed guards, who are on duty thru- out the day and night, and perhaps the cleverest system of burgiar alarms extant, but ft is also connect- ed by wire with Fort Myer, Va, and any attempt to molest it would bring @ troop of cavalry clattering into the city on a few moments’ notice. Seaman Is Given 5-Year Sentence Frederick Hansen, convicted De- cember 20 on a charge of assault on the high seas, was sentenced to five years at McNeill island by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer Tuesday. ‘This is said to be the heaviest sen- tence placed by the local federal court since the war John McKay pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of narcotics and ‘was sentenced to 18 months at Mc Neil. Tom Pappas, former King county deputy sheriff, convicted recently with Charles L. Ferguson and Oliver Thompson of violating prohibition laws, was sentenced to six months in the county fall and was fined $500. Ferguson, likewise, was sentenced to six months and given $500 fine, while ‘Thompson was given three months im jail. Man Is Charged as ie ’ Policeman’s Slayer SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27.—A man giv- ing his name as Joe Hendrick, now serving a 60-day sentence for petit larceny, wan identified today, the sheriff declares, by « photograph, as Charles Dauchausk!, wanted in Chi- cago for the murder of Acting Lieut. Terence Lyons and Patroiman Thom: as J. Clark on the night of May 10.jperte 1929 Gets Millions [ } $5,000,000 to Mrs. Ida M.| French, above, daughter of ‘the late Robert J. Wynne,| former postmaster general. | London courts awarded her| | this sum from her husband's} jestate. The couple has been) | reconciled, TREAD WARILY, SAYS BRITON [British Debt Commission on} | Way to U. S. LONDON, Dec, 217.—Stanley Bald- win, chancellor of the exchequer, leaving London today for America to) confer with Washington officials on! the British debt, sald j “We hope to fund the debt and get the burden of Interest eased. Natur ally the last word is with America. * “If we effect a settioment, it will be an example to Europe which might augur a settlement of even greater problems. If successful, we hope America, seeing the result of one mission, will be kind to a much more important mission Bonar Law ‘will shortly undertake—reparations.” This evidently refers to Bonar Law's forthcoming trip to Paris for & reparations conference with other premiers and not to a special mission to America. Baldwin also said bis mission was Most delicate, adding: “We are in a position of defense, and must tread warily.” © He pointed out the present Amer fcan law regulating interest entails annual British payments of £60,000,- 000 to £70,000,000. Baldwin was accompanied by hie wife and daughter and by the other member of the debt mission, Gov- A trip abroad has brought |‘ ernor MeNorman, of the Bank of England. The party went to Southampton to embark on the Majestic. BLOODHOUNDS TRAGK CONVICT Escaped Prisoner Has Not Yet Been Caught WALLA WALLA, Dec, 27—Rath- er than serve the remaining six beta, a convict in the Washington state penitentiary, escaped Tuesday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, and at 9 a. m, Wednesday was still large. The getaway was made while he was working on the farm adjoining the main building, he being a prison trusty. Upon discovery of the escape, six guards and a pair of bloodhounds were dispatched to track the fugitive, All nearby towns have been warned to be on the lookout. Late Tuesday night the pursuing quards thought they were on his track in the neighborhood of Tou- chet, 14 miles west of here. The es- caped man was sentenced from Whit- | man county, on a statutory offense, to serve from three to five years. He fg 36 years old, 6 feet 8 inches in| height, and weighs about 167 pounds. Hart Refuses to Pardon Miller OLYMPIA, Dec. 27--Gov. Lous F. Hart today announced that he had positively refused to consider | pardling or pardoning Peter Miller, who was sent to the Walla Walla penitentiary from King county more than a decade ago. Because of Mil ler’s good conduct in prison, a num ber of people became interested in the case and urged executive clem- ency. British to Keep Mosul Oil Fields LAUSANNE, Dec. 27.—Lord Cur- son, British foreign min r, today sent a note to Ismet Pasha, Turkish leader, declaring it is absolutely im- possible for Britain to meet the Turks’ demands and give up the great Musol ofl regions, Curzon said, however, that the al- Nes will retrace the northern fro: tier in conjunction with Turkish e: 11 INJURED IN AUTO SMASHES TO ENTER RACE) Seattle Establishes a New One-Day Record A total of 86 auto accident re ported to the police Tuesday eauned thousands of dollars’ worth of dam age to car owners and severe injuries to 11 persons, making a record breaking day for the traffic bureau f the police. he list of injured inctude four pedestrians, Mra. G. W, Madison Roy at; her daughter, Madeline Madison; W. M. Black and A. B Cavanaugh, all of the same addres, who were knocked down at Fifth ave N. and Roy at, as they croased the treet Intersection, Madeline Madi son has been confined te hér ped since the accident. The other three persons were less seriously injured 1719 Broadway. Mise Emma Le, was taken to the Swedish hospital after she was knocked down by an auto driven by T. G, White, 130 W. t Broadway and Florentia place Olive ats. Miss Lee received a broken ankle, cute and brulwes Knocked down at Eighth ave. and Westlake Tuesday night, Mra ©. A. Morean, 414 Boren ave, was taken the eclty hospital by Dr. John Wotherstrom, 623 Lith ave, N She was dazed and suffering from a deep cut on her hand Other victima of autos were: Shiz zuko Sayoto, 1008 Manin at. struck at Sixth ave. 8 and King rt, badly bruised; J. W. Redmond, City hotel, knocked down at 12th ave. and Madi json ‘st., bruised; an unknown man struck at Second ave, 8, and Jack Jeon st.; Arthur Nelson, 640 29th ave, eut and bru and Frank Masze, 6541 Swift ave, struck at Corpait St. station, bruised about the body ‘Tuesday's lst of auto accidents ta sald to be the heaviest for many months ‘The police traffic bureau was crowded all day long with driv ern wating to report auto accidents pence cece HERE’S MORE ABOUT DOCTOR STARTS ON PAGE ONE 1 thought perhaps my medicine had been too strong and I went | out “When I got there I asked her husband how she was, “She's been tolable you was here this mornin’,’ 1, since he maid THE SEATTL JOHNSON PLANS California Senator Seeks Presidency BY FRANK J. TAYLOR WASHINGTON, Dee 27 Among those p t in this fair elty, none study today than Hiram Johnson, Hiram finds himself tn a position or four deciding votes on the ship subsidy bill tn the sen He ts definitely lined up in favor of the subsidy by administration leaders, altho he has made no public state nt | Surprising as it may seem, Hiram honestly believes that he will be the |"fair-haired boy” of the republican party in 1924, when the prokressive Peroup and the r otionaries meet to fleht it out for | Making himself regular ontrol of the party with the {administration by supporting the subsidy a her Harding measures and relying upon bis past perform ances an the progressive candidate for Homination, Hiram ts preparing |himself for the role of compromine candidate. For Hiram there ts one fly in the Jointment. It is the present secretary jof commerce, Herbert Hoover, also | of California, Hiram foresees in bis | fellow Californian the other compro: | |mise candidate, Hiram’s friends say be hates Hoover wich all his hating ability, and Hiram ts an ardent hater. | | Hiram’n failure to }ine up with the | progressive bloc in the senate againnt | [the ship subsidy, as well as his! aloofness from that biec, ts causing him no end of embarrassment. ro |areantves who have been loyal to him jare now “panning” him unmerelfully | | for lining up with the Lodge- Watson. | |'Townsend-Frelinghuysen reaction: | | aries. That hurts Hiram, who has spoken | {bitterly of his critics, He has re-| jfused to consider suggestions in any | other light than that of eriticiams jemanating from the Hoover camp. | Hirarm’s whole political house of jeards, of course, Is constructed upon the theory thac opposition to Presi dent Harding will be so great in the |next two years that it will force Mr Harding out of party leadership, | When the Harding camp refuses to accept « La Follette candidate for | president, and the progrensive bloo| balks at @ Harding candidate, Hiram will step forward as the man who in| progressive enough for the premres- | aives, and yet reqular enough for the | old guard, to break the party dead. | “Why did you send for me again) |’ then? I asked “*Ah didn’t send for you,” he answered “L thought that was strange and when, just as I got into the town on my way back, several shots were fired at my car, | knew what it meant. I had been lured out there to be shot. Some days later I got « letter telling me that they had missed me that tims, but that they would get me the next time. “It was then, after my friends had told me that I couldn't practice medicine, make my calls and pro tect myself from such night at ate last night tacks, thag I got out. I got this letter on Friday and I left Mer Rouge on Tuesday. That was lust August. I had been a druggist In the town before I studied medicine and graduated from Tulane uni- versity in 1912. My wife was born in the town and lived there allithe janiter to get in. Police who her life. She is now in Baton|were called immediately declared Rouge. there was no evidence anyone had “I knew nothing about the death of T. F. Richards and F. on these men and on J. L. Daniels, W. C. Andrews and CC. Daven- port occurred after I left, But I knew the men. TOWN AWAITS MAN’S RETURN| MER ROUGE, La., Dec. 27.— Mer Rouge anxiously awaited to- day the arrival of its former idol—Dr, B. M. MeKoin, reform- er mayor, charged by federal agents with being the leader of the band of hooded men who ter- rorized the community. MecKoin, and fled from the community follow. ing an atternpted ambush and threats from a rival terrorist organization, wan taken into custody in Baltimore on orders of Gov. John M. Parker. Authorities today charged McKoin with the murder of Watt Daniels and Thomas F. Richards, whose bodies were found tin Lake La Fourche after being weighted to the bottom since last August, when they were kid- naped b hooded mob. Federal operatives brdught to light dual personality in charging the former mayor with heading a band of mysterious night riders. As « professional man, Dr. McKoin braved death and disease day and night to administer to the towns People, and often aided the negro families his alleged band was bent on terrorizing. With the a st of McKoin, the in Yestigation here was rapidiy ap- proaching a« clim Federal agents prepared to apprehend @ man they charged with leading a group of dynamiters who loosed the bodies of Daniela and Richards in a fruitless effort to pury them before discov- ery of the crime. A search began in the Lake La Fourche section today for additional evidence against the alleged dyna miters and for pieces of clothing and other bits of identification of the dead men. 2 . Plan Winter Climb Up Mount Shasta OAKLAND, Cal,, Dec. 27.—Charles ¥. Warner and Leonard Thatcher, the latter a Uniyersity of California etudent, will leate here tonight to make an attempt to climb Mount Shasta, never before accomplishhd in the winter. From Siason they plan to make! thelr way by snowshoes and skiin to the Alpine lodge, at the 8,000-foot el evation. From there they expect to start their perilous ascent about mid night, New Year's eve, climbing by moonlight, and hope to reach the suromit—14,162 feet—New Year's day. w. Daniels. The attack of the moni who deserted his office! tion, and the present probe followed SEEK SLAYER | OF GIRL VAMP| NEW YORK, Dec, 27-—The mys terious murder of Tevesa MoCarthy, 10, known In the Pirooklyn neig borhood in which she lived as “the; little vamp,” because of her win-|]) someness and beauty, baffled the city’s beat detectives today. The girl was found dead from « bullet wound tn her breast by her mother, Mrs. Pauline McCarthy, | when the latter returned from work The little body Iny on the floor among scattered Christ- max toys in the dining room. The ol had been alone all Gay [hile the work, When Mra. McCarthy re turned shé found the apartment door locked and was forced to call been in the apartment other than the girl, Search for fingerprints on a kitchen window, raised a few inches, failed to reveal any clue, HERE’S MORE ABOUT STARTS ON PAGE ONE that a fraud was perpetrated by the officers quite glaringly.” As @ result of this, Clarence L. Reames, attorney for the Water house interests, announced that he would put the matter before the |grand jury for criminal investiga. | close on the heels of this announce- ment. J. Ht, Newberger, vice-president of | jthe Seattle fonal, and A. 8.) Stusser, manager of its contract de- | partment, were before the grand | |Jury Tuesday and were grilled for) several hours. The grand jury, however, ts evidently not confining itself to the bank investigation. W. L Evans, of Bellevue, was also summoned Wednesday, and an effort was being made to serve fa subpoena on Tom Daugherty, also of Bellevue. It is belleved, from the fact that both men are from Bellevue—and that Daugh- erty was one of the prime | movers in the matter—that the | grand Jury must have resumed its Investigation of the transfer | of the King county ferry system | to Capt, John Anderson, A mystery witness was also sum-~- moned by the grand jury Wednor- day. He is ©. M, Lawhead, of Fifth ave. N. EB. and 90th st. No one at the court house had the slightest idea | of what he was to be interrogated on, jas he is not known to have any con- nection with either the bank case or | the ferry deal, ‘The grand jury seems to have! brought Its vice investigation to a clone—but Mayor E. J. Brown ts try-| ing te have the probe reopened. He! announced Wednesday that he wants |the Investigators to summon a local newspaper man, who, he says, told him that he had been urged by cer- | tain anti-administration clergymen ito stress the word “recall” fn all his {ntorfes about the tween Mayor Brown Chauncey J. Hawkins. controversy be- and Re | 'Repeat Ch ther, a divorces, was at |f! GRAND JURY || | PINK-CHECKED DIMITY | .E STAR GARMENT CLEARANCE —this event brings opportunities for money-saving that are welcome indeed, for the garments in question are of the desirable high types always represented by Fred- erick & Nelson’s stocks, and the price-reductions are substantial. Pr 600 Pairs Women’s Low Shoes AT CLEARANCE PRICES $3.95 Women's Low and Growing Girls’ heeled Oxfords (a bined lots) grouped for these very have disposal Ruffled Curtains At 89c Pair Rooms; finished with long. pair. Blouses 69c 16, each. low-priced, Broken Lines of WASH | COTTONS AT REDUCED PRICES reduced price. COTTON FABRICS to 85¢ yard. $1.95, $2.95 ROKEN SIZE LOTS of Shoes Low- full range of sizes in the com- been low prices, $1.95, $2.95 and $3.95. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE A new shipment of at- tractive Ruffled Curtains suitable for Bedrooms, Breakfast Rooms or Living inch ruffles —214 yards Low-priced, at 89¢ —THE DOWNSTAIRG STORE Boys’ Percale Neat checked and striped patterns in serviceable quality Percale. Sizes 6 to at 69¢ ‘THE DOWNSTAIRG STORE REDUCED TO 15¢ YARD —a soft-finished dainty ' material for women’s un- | dergarments at a sharply REDUCED TO 35¢ YARD Broken lines of Imported Plaid Dress Ginghams, —Aisle Square, First Floor | ODD ITEMS IN TOILET REQUISITES AND SETS On First Floor Aisle Square at Reduced Prices FIFTH AVENUE PINE STRE _ The Annual —in at $39.75 and $46.75. o. sanctions is represented with inlay tongue and strap and walking heels. —Patent Coltskin Pumps with otter suede quar- ter and’ walking heels. —Gun-metal One - strap Pumps with, Junior Spanish heels. 81 inches wide, odd pieces of Sheer Colored —Otter Suede Cross- Dress Voiles, Imported strap Pumps with and Domestic Madras Cuban or Spanish Shirtings, odd shades in heels. } | | Imported Colored Swiss | Organdie and other de- | sirable Cottons, reduced 150 Pairs Strap Pumps “MYSTERY” IS CHANGEABLE PORTLAND, Dec. 27.—Here are the phases to date of the so-called Weir mystery The night of December 90 Mra Helen Leary told the police sho had oked thru a knothole in the side of the Weir houseboat at Ross island and saw Cash Weir, aged river man, kill a young girl. On December 28 sho told officers ehe had not watched the killing thru the knothole, but had entered the houseboat after the girl was dead and saw her body. On December 26 the polloo received a letter from a girl claiming to” be the "v ” branding Mrs. Leary’s story as a “Jealous ie.” Today Mrs, Leary sald she was | tmas } Pageant in Park R. H. Vivian, song leader for Com-! munity Service, will lead a songfest Wednesday night at 8 o'clock on the lawn in front of the county.city building. ‘The Christmas pageant which was given Saturday night will) be repeated. Young and old are |apaee to attend and to join in i) songs. present in the houseboat when the girl was killed, partictpating in the souffle? and saw her fall dead from ‘a blow struck by an fron pipe in the hand of Cash Wel FRED NELSON, employed tn the Bryant Lumber Co, mill, was found dead in his rooms, 3845 Fremont ave. Nelson was last seen alive Kridam WILL TELL OF SCARCE LABOR BY W. H. PORTERFIELD WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Imme- diately after the new year, ble bust- ness representatives from various parts of the country will be given an opportunity to tell their own stories of labor shortage before the house committee on immigration, as an ar. ent in favor of letting down the on the Dillingham 8 per cent immigration law, Chairman Albert Johnson declared today. Johnson also says that the etory to the effect that he advocated pass- age of tho White bill, amending the immigration law #o a to allow Ar- menian refugees to come in indis- orlminately, Is not true, He declares that all he proposed was to allow the 1923 quota to come in now, antictpat- ing July 1 by six months, The White bill is not yet on the calendar, PORT TOWNSEND.—-Efforts now being made to identify human skull found Tuesday at Lake Delanty, near Port Dissovery bay —Patent Coltskin Pumps Women’s Winter Suits Reduced $39.75 and $46.75 DIVERSITY of the season’s accepted styles In Sults, straight-line and blouse models of high-grade woolens, many richly fur-trimmed—at substantial reductions for clear- ance-—-$39.75 and $46.75. 4{ANDSOME COSTUME SUITS _ decidedly underpriced—at | two- and three-piece style, —$97.75 to $195.00. Misses’ Suits at Clearance Prices Sizes 14, 16 and 18 Years AT $19.75—Fur-trimmed Suits in a variety of styles and colorings— affording worth-while savings. AT $39.75 and $46.75—Two-plece Suits in Winter’s favorite styles— the majority richly fur-trimmed. MISSES’ THREE-PIECE SUITS in velveteen and vel- dyne, handsomely fur-trimmed and combined with silk or duvetyn blouses—in desirable colorings—reduced to Silk and Cloth Frocks at Reduced Prices Practically every prevailing type of Frock that Winter in this clearance— —Street, Afternoon and Evening Frocke —Cloth and Silk Frocks —Simply-styled or Lavishly Beaded and Sequinned —in a profusion of prevailing colorings. Decidedly underpriced af — $21.75 $26.75 $33.75 $43.75 _ score: Clearing Broken Lines of Footwear At $7.45 Pair Many of the season’s popular styles for and street wear are in this Tongue and Strap effects, heels, among them the following: —All- patent Coltskin Pumps with cross strap and military wood heels. —Patent Coltskin Pumps with otter suede inlay tongue and strap under tongue. —Patent Coltskin Pumps with otter suede quar ter tongue and strap. —Black Kidskin Pumps with patent inlay tongue and Spanish heels. —broken sizes, in various popular styles and leathers, sharply under- priced for clearance. First clearance group, ine! with military or § —Black Satin Pumps in one-strap style, Junior Spanish h and beaded strap, —Welted-sole Oxi in Brown Kidskin Black Kidskin, walking heels. —Size-ranges in mos’ styles are incomp but good sizes in group as a whole. sharply _underp at $7.45 pair. Floor NEGRO WAITER LOSES LIQUOR WASHINGTON, Deo, 27.—The ne gro walter in the senate restaurant who last week dropped a bottle of booze on the tiled floor of the United States capitol building was not at- tempting to bootleg, Senator Curtis, Kansas, republican whip, said yes: terday. Curtis investigated the incident in connection with his orders to drive bootlegaers out of the capitol build. Ing. The negro had a bottle of home made liquor which was given him for his Christmas celebration, it was sald, The order to arrest all bootleggere in the capitol has had the effect of scaring away all those prohibition law violators who have been fre quenting the place, Curtis said. Sound Millers Win Rate Fight Puget Sound milling interests have won a distinct victory over their Portland competitors, according to tentative report issued by O. hart, interstate commerce sion examiner, who rules application of the mills for equal rates with Sound millers on grains ft rington, Wash. The present 24 cents to Seattle and 37% land. The great demand is for the best of Everyti ee | supplies the de for the Best of Sp for the best of E