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MOD JAPAN, RUSSIA TWOMEN DEAD MAY SIGNPACT) = INNIGHT RIOT Indications “Again Point to Sheriff and Another Man Agreement Are Wounded TOKYO, Jan, 29.—Indications were! TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan, 29,—| seen here today that Japan and Rua- ‘The little mining town of Blanford sai again are working towards bring- was quiet today following a night of ing about an agrcement between the terror in which two men were killed two countries. and Sheriff Newlin and another man From reliable sources the Informa- wounded. | tion came that Moscow has confi- The trouble was the culmination dentially requested resumption of of ten days of tention following the | the Russo-Japanese negotiations attack on a I2yearold white girl, | which were broken off some time ago Eight men were under arrest in when representatives of the two the county jail in connection with | countries found It impossible to reach the riot. They were all foreign min. | & basis for negotiations. ore Tt was reported that Japan was ‘The batth occurred after a sher favorable to the resumption of these iff's posse went to a dance to in Regotiations altho a long period dur- vestigate the “shooting up" of a ni ing which the ground will be care- gro store shortly after midnight | tully “felt out™ may pass before ao- tual exchanges begin. Added Interest was turned to the Russo-Japanese questions by the an- Rouncement froin Moscow that the Russian soviet government had granted the Sinclair Oil company, an American concern, of] concessions on Saghalin tstand. Possession of the island tong has been in question between Japan and Rusata. Offictatty ft was announced that Japan will take no action with gard to this concession pending investigation as to th surrounding it Some observers saw tn this room for conjecture as to the status of Japanese-Russtan relations, HERE'S MORE ABOUT EUROPE STARTS ON PAGE ONE eS the chief bone of contention at Lau- DAY, JANUARY 29, 1928. AUTOIST ROUTS MASKED THUGS Taking a desperate chance, W. M Beebe, of the Rainier etub, drove his autor pie directly at two masked bandita who attempted to stop his re, car at Fifth ave, 8. and King st ‘an date ny aay lah POR - i 2 1 men leaped amide, Just as the = car ed them, escaping death under the whela by @ narrow mar. gin, A moment later the car had sped past them, reaching safety, Beebe told the police that the two bandits, who were large men wearing black maska, walked out tnto the street and yelled at him to stop. In reach crush them under the auto, bending low ower the steering wheel tn offer as small a target for thetr cine aa possible. At the same sounded his horn, frightening |bandits. the BORAH SEEKING WORLD PARLEY Virtually livites Mussolini to Call Meet (Copyright, 1928, by United Press) ROMD, Premier Musso- lint been invited by Senator } call a world eco. nomle oor Bofore Jan, 2% virtually rah to ference. deciding what action take, Mussolini is awatting the n tion of France, Great Britain Belgium to Borah's proposal, The invitation came in the form of @ statement given to the United Pros at Washington, commenting on the urgent need for « strong leader to point the way to a solution to and of present international problems and , declaring that public opinion would rally In support of @ movement for a world conference if a forceful figure I take the initiative, Tho premier read Senator Borah's statement and personally gavo_ per. mission for It to be efroulated. Asked economic whether he would take the lead as} suggested, he refused to comment, evidently waiting to see how public opinion In France, Great Britain and Belgium receives the wuggested plan. All the newspapers In Rome and the leading cities of Italy reproduced Borah's statement, which sald, tn part “There strong public » try favoring an very widespread, ntiment in this coun nomic conference, but I am of the opinion tha’ our government feels the initiative should come from a Furopean power. If a statesman of Premier Mussolint’s force and compelling leadership should lead in such @ movement, I stead of ebeying them, he tried to venture the opinion the step would | thicker and faster until lant be ba: dina people of the U countries, Public marked degree by the 4 States and all opinion would time he} force the governments to act, and! do, we had not Intended to announce atay sequences now impendi if ponstble, the disastrous con: sanne, after Greco-Turkish terms had been partially arranged. The Lausanne treaty, upon which everything depends, comprises 50 articles, with 12 annexes, Principal provisions include: Freedom of the straits in peace time; in wartime, if Turkey ts not & belligerent; freedom of neutrals in wartime if they are not assisting Turkey's enemies or carrying contra- band (The greatest number of war vessels to pass thru the straits not to exceed the naval strength of the strongest Black Sea power.) Other clauses deal with treatment of minorities, exchange of popula- tions, withdrawal of capitulations, introduced in the legislature by Rep. | submission of the Bosul dispute to|Rollie Watson, of Tillamook. His the league of nations, establishment | measure ts known as House Bill No. of demilitarized zones and new fron-| 153. | tlers, and settlement of debts. Watson, in braving the wrath of fia lhe the fiah trust, truly represents his/ constituency. In his county are No- halem bay, Tillamook bay and Nes- tucca bay, where hundreds of his constituents live by fishing. The bill has gone to the commft- tee on fisheries, It should be a friendly committee, because every member of it represents a constitu- ency Interested in the salmon indus- try. Orego BY FRED L. BOALT 1 SALEM, Ore, Jan. 2—A bill to prohibit use cf salmon wheels in the upper Columbia river has been 11 Train Engines Flee From French BERLIN, Jan. 29.—German rail workers sent 11 huge engines rush- ing at express speed thru the sta- tion at Coblenz today, to balk French attempts to requisition them. The French then tore up 300 yards of track, stopping all traffic. eee Order Expulsion of German Chiefs | PARIS, Jan. 29.—Mass arrest and expulsion of ali German officials in the Rhineland who have disobeyed French instructions has been ordered | as part of a new and drastic resime.|| HERE’S MORE ABOUT according to the Liberte's Mayence nanan REV GRANT eee | 1 German Telegraph STARTS ON PAGE ONE Operators Strike |*————_——__—_ ESSEN, Jan. 29.—Practically no|nursery, hired a nurse, and an- telegraph wires were in operation in|nounced he would raise the waif. the Ruhr today except those con-|He baptized her “Faith Willard.” trolled by the military. | One of her four godmothers was paren Mrs. Lydig. Soon the baby became) The above dispatch, together with | ill. She cried at night. The rector Central News dispatch from Essen,|paced the floor with her in vain. stating German telegraphers have The fading infant was taken to the offered to return to work, indicates | Country to save her life, & general strike of telephone and| But who died in the Prosbyterian telegraph operators in the Ruhr. De-| hospital The body was buried in tails of troop movements and devel-|the graveyard of Dr. Grant's church. opments in the newly-occupied area | have been lacking since Sunday Chapter VII. morning. Sorrow tilled Dr. Grant's pulpit WILL REQUEST ho Tight aninet the church's stand WORLD PARLEY on marriage and divorce, He said: on the affection of two persons for a8 SGTON, Jan, #9.-Senator (*0h ther, Ax marriage in America Borah will introduce Tuesday his \,supbowed to be with the disap- resolution authorizing and request- ing President Harding to call a world economle conference to veek pearance of such sentiment disap- pears the only ground for the mar- settlement of reparations and kin- dred problems, he said today. Borah and other senators who favor his resolution will confer on| with 1923 came the explosion. means of getting a vote on the pro-| pr. Grant sald, in a sermon Jan- posal as administration leaders, bY ary 14, that Jesus Christ did not fixing a restricted legislative pro- poxeas equal powers with God; that gram, have indicated their unwil-| His miracles ean be explained today lingness to permit Borah’s plan toity science: that consecration of recelve consideration. He may offer churches is a custom Inherited from it as an amendment to the army the age of witchcraft, magic and appropriation bill when that meas-itatoo; that the clergy {8 a sup- ure comes up. Pressed, chained profession, whose members speak their minds outside Thief Has Mishap the pulpit, never in It. Bishop Manning served an ulti- With Stolen Car ™™ that he must recant or re ‘Thirty minutes after a thief haa M8 and hinting at a trial for stolen an auto owned by F, Ww. MINny. Maxwell, 936 26th ave, Sunday), °". night, the car struck another ma- chine driven by L. Kinney, 1515 Ninth ave. at Ninth ave, and Pike Audience Cheers st, tearing off one of the wheels Pastor’s, Sermon on Maxwell's car. The driver, Lond to be intoxicated, leaped out and! xpw YORK, Jan. 29—Opinion of few York clergy was widely divided fled down the street, breaking sev- x, eral records for the 440-yarl dash today over the Dr. Percy Stickney Grant controversy, as evidenced by These lawmakers will discover, tf they do not already know {t, when they have gone into the merits of house bill No, 158, that fish-wheels | are prohibited in all coast streams in| Oregon. | Sie had been advocating easy di- vorce since 1915, Chapter VIII. Grant has neither resigned jor recanted, eee as he did so, Or ee "A man has a right to go to hell if . To discern he wants to," was the comment of is to see apart. |declaration of independence In the Guthrie, of St Mark's, in. the |"'the interests,” He wna frequently | Nucoa |: his congregution. of the 1921 unemployment situation, for Bread buildings, One of the pincards read. jeaiarstt Rey, William Norman [interrupted with bursts of applause | The Healthful Spread paraded back and forth outalde the }placed in a» river, Fi ntroduces Bill to Save Salmon ot Columbia River n Legislature Has Measure Making Traps Above Tidewater Illegal Fish-wheels are prohibited in the Willamette, Fish-wheels are prohibited in every river and stream in the world—with the single exception of the Colum river, where Frank Warren Frank Haufert have thelr canneries ‘The cummmittes will learn that to only two rivers in the world—the Co- lumbla and the Nushiguk, in Alasks —t# fishing for salmon above tide- water permitted. Warren has two canneries on the Nishigak and three on the Columbia. Boufert ts strongly and lucratively entrenched at The Dalles Seufort is, as always, doflant. “When they stop my wheels, we stop everything. Whea we stop, they all stop.” Warren is less militant, In addi- tion to his three Columbia canneries, he baa at Astoria, a site for a fourth. ‘The pilings are driven. Ho is ready for “Der Tag.” The cormmmittee will learn that a fish-wheel such as Warren and Seu- fert employ—but nobody else in the world is permitted to employ—is a mechanical contrivance so cunningly with man-made channels leading to it, that almoat no fish escape, It will learn that the salmon caught by wheels in the upper river— there are none In the salty lower river—are father and mother fish; that the mother fish are bursting with eggs (4,000 In every mother); that, if permitted to proceed up- stream to the spawning beds, the mothers would deposit thelr eggs on the gravel beds, the fathers would fertilize them, and there would be born every year millions upon rm!t- Hons of salmon to help feed a iunery world. (Market note—Freah salmon ts fetching 45 cents a pound on the Portland retall market today.) The committee will learn, finally, that a salmen begina to deteriorate an soon as It \vaves its natural element —salt water—and that a salmon caught above tidewater becomes thin “it marriage ix foundedgad loves fta blood and fat, and ts not ‘he red, succulent, high-grade salmon that gave the Columbia river its en- Viable reputation in the food markets of the world In days gone by. LINER SMASHES PACIFIC RECORD Carries Richest Cargo in the Shortest Time With a cargo of silk valued at $10 - 000,000, the Admiral liner Presider t | Grant docked at Smith's cove Sunday night, completing a record trip. Not only was the huge sllk cargo the most valuable any ship has ever taken out of the Orient in one trip, but the speed for the crossing—8 days, 10 hours and 44 minutes, sets @ new record, ‘The YokohamaSeattle record was formerly held by the Empress of Russia, A preponderance of the 8,000 bales of nilk came in raw state, The bal- ance is ready for commercial pur- poves, It. . Evans, of Worcester, Mass., and George E. Paradissinnts, of Chefoo, China, accompanied the silk ergo. The speedy passage was negotiated thru enormous seas and a continued gale, Capt. M. M, Jensen reported, A freight cargo worth $6,000,000 and 400 passengers were carried in ad- dition to the silk CRIPPLED VET MENACES KING LONDON, Jan, 20.—-A crippled ex- woldier shouting, “If I had a revolver I'd shoot * dashed thru the crowd gr joorge and Queen Mary at the ratiway station on thelr arrival trom Sandringham to- the Rev. I. M, Haledman, of the First |Baptist church, Pa To discriminate is to judge apart. |Pouwerie, declared, While he was preaching, nine un employed “sandwich men,” undor o "ubop and rector: Why quibble do both, about the garment? Both untrock | “It's a wonderful thing to get a Dr. Grant himself was milder than Those who use lon previous occasions, and attacked ders of Urban Loloux, the "Mr, Zoro and give us the naked truth, day: He the tive were yards from uncortaln was arrosted king. Polica | tke Mussolint would | SEATTLE Pola Negri and Charlie |WORKERS GAIN | Chaplin Engaged to Wed SOLON BACKING Photoplay Star and Comedian Finally Con- firm Flood of Romantic Rumors DEL MONTE, Cal, Jan, 29.—-Pola Negri, who spurned the love of princes, has been vamped at last by the king of comedians The beautiful Pola will Mra. Charlie Chaplin Congratulations were pouring in on Pola and Chartle here today fot lowing thelr ment of the engagement It will be the second matrimonial venture for each of them, Chaplin was formerly married to Mildred Harris, while Po first husband was a Polish count The story of thetr romance dates back to the time when Chaplin made his triumphal tour of Burope. | In Berlin he met the actress whore beauty was maddening princes and ex-royaltion, All sorts of noble per sonages tn glittering regnlia were eager to show Pola attention but none of them pulled such a crowd ja# the mild little chap from the stator People, royalties included, fought jto see him. ‘The romance gained }momentum when Pola came to Cal |!fornta to make pieturen. | Hie highnoss of the scren, whore creat ts a pair of trick shoes, crossed on a field with baggy pants and |eyebrow moustache rampant, car- |rled more guns, so far as Pola wan |concerned, than ‘the real highnesses | with Latin logends on their coats of arma. In a short time after Pola arrived on the Coast, It wan report- Jed they were engaged, and reports grew hotter and hotter and flow night announ | they admitted it | "Yen," sald Pola; “Charlie and Tare eng: 4. There was nothing else to it, Dut we'll have to do so in order to get a little rest from you newspaper people chasing us around all the time,” The secret of their romance was pieced together today from the bits of conversation which dropped from thelr own carefully-guarded Ips. Charite, known the world over as funny man, worth millions of} dollars and easily the “catch of | Hollywood" matrimonially speaking, had eluded the wiles of one after Another of flimdom’s falrest daugh- ters, until alorig came Pola Negri, with black eyes, shining black hair and only a ltisping knowledge of the English language. He met her tn the studio, a few days later, took her riding and In & matter of weeks he had won her. “Oh, yea, I love him. T love him because he Is wo fine—that's why,” | said Pola. | “But, oh, how 1 wish these news. | paper men would leave me alone. Our art—tt belongs to the world. | But these thinge—they are our own | business, as you Americans say. Your customs are ao different. I am from Europe. I don't sven yet! know why we have to tell the/ newmpapers that we are going to| be married. Yes, we have been en: mged, oh, & long time That ta, | wo have been engaged many weeks. | It f# @ large part of the timo I! have lived in America.” | From attendants tt was learned that by a “long, long time,” it was more than mfe to presume that the engagement came « hort, short time” after they met. ' And as for “Chari's," he thinks | she ts the most wonderful gir. | “The world knows her for her} beauty, but she bas more than that ~brains, personality and beauty, / too. But now that we have told| the world about our engagement, | I hope the worid will let us go) night along with our work and our, play, too. “Mina Negri and I both feel that We are entitied to some privacy.” | Mins Negri, who is registered at Del Monte lodge as the Countess | Dombski, haa been divorced for ap- | proximately a year, Hor first hus-/ band was Count Dombski of her| native Poland. ‘Saey were legally | separated in Warsaw tn January, 1921, according to her friends. Announcement of the engagement followed weeks of speculation. Ten | days so Minn Negri came to a quiet | bungalow at Pebbie Beach, announe: | Ing she came to rest. It leaked out | that Charlle—"Sharile,” as she calis | him—had accompanied her as far ax Sanvs Barbara. Rumors went around that they already bad been married quietly. * Mixs Negri would nither deny nor confirm these rumery, but as time went on they died for lack of nour- ishment, Yesterday morning Charlie arrived SOLON LIESIN HOSPITAL HERE Rep. Dunn Stricken While in Seattle State Representative A. D. Dunn of Yakima was announced resting eanily Monday morning at the Se- attle General hospital after an operation performed late Sunday by Dra, J. W. Thomas and J, B. Eagel- non. Representative Dunn became sud- denty $l Sunday while staying at the Hotel Seattle with E. A. Sims, Dr, V. J. Capron and Dr. W. C, Mo Cauley, brother legiifators, The operation was performed im- mediately after Dunn arrived at tho hospital and surgeons Monday an: nounced that he would be able to leave the institution within two weeks. | Representative Dunn ts one of the |wenlthiest stockmen of the state regent of Washington and in a Htate college, whether he had intended to aasautt the royal couple. Scotland Yard jagents believe the man was irrespon- sible and will have him mentally ox- amined, | Tho king and queen were not alarmed. Entering their motor they wore driven away while police con- stables took the cripple from the scone, Their majentios proceeded to Huckinham palace The ox-soldier hd no other weap: on than hs cruteh, which he wave wildly ax ho dashed thrn the As the King and queon ent {holr automobile and drove away, the crowd choo RRA MAY Oh) STAR HAPPY Pola Negri, Polts: play star, and Charlie Chap- lin, who have announced their engagement, “SHARLIE” HUGS POLA AS NEWS IS HERALDED DEL MONTE, Jan. 29—Here ts how Charlie Chaplin, the funny man, and Pola Negri announced thelr engagement: Charile and Pola came into « room full of friends, photogra- phers and the Iie, area in arm “Miss Negri and lare engaged,” sald Charlie, turning eyes poulful enough to maxe Valentino jealous to his flancee, “Yeu; ‘Sharite’ and I are going to be married,” confirmed Pola, Up moved the camera. “T feel ke a dobutante,” ex- claimed Pola. Then “Sharile” right there gave her a great big hug. ‘The cameras snapped for a few minutes, “Excuse us if we run away, ‘Shariie.” "You, please, And they got into @ big, tur- quolse limousine, with “Sharlie” at the whee! and Pola beside him, and drove away. “Shariie’ can drive an automo- bile like the dickens—with one hand, by train, He and Miss Negri were the guests of Gouverneur Morris, writer, for the dey. They spent thelr time playing golf and to all who saw them It was somewhat evident that more than a mero “friendship” ex. inted, Tho date for the wedding has not yet been set, both said. “It may not be until we have fin iahed tho pictures on which we are working,” Charlie sald, ‘That would be more than a month from now. Chaplin eft at midnight for Holly- wood, to put on his battered derby and buggy trousers once more and get down to work again. Miss Negri will remain here until Tuesday, when she, also, will return to Hollwood to resume her work, Home Brew (Starts on Page 1) @ new dill introduced at Olympia. The right to work is one of those rights that we're not standing upon, eee Tho greatest fear of movie stars is old age, but this doesn't apply to Jackie Coogan. eee SHORT STORY Please remit. eee Among the modern knights of the round table Im the gink who does not get awfully Interested In his news- paper when a woman stands tn front of him in the street car. eee The trouble with a Ford is that you've got to hit a pedestrian twice before he goes down for the count, eee OF MIOOST, THERE'S ANO’ OF THEM THE BinksI have a Ford, have you? Tinke—A Cadillac, Binke—Th 7 too, little car, eee Wo rexpectfully suggest to the tex | iwlature that a tax on bandits would | ralve moro revenue than a tax on gasoline. eee It’s really astonishing how many eople are willing to serve their country—enpecially when thore's a vacancy in the postmaster's job, eee Never mind, Cleopatra, you can buy a first class asp far cheaper than prussio acid, SHEPVIBLD, Wnrlana, After serving as polieo decoy and apy on driminaly for many years, Charles R. Currie himsel® turnod to a Jif of crime and was sent to prinon, Jan, 20, CH a a 20 |Beneficial Labor Bills Are ||! Introduced By Steve Arnett OLYMPIA, Jan. labor has the bills. which 20.—The coaine of been strengthened during past work by many important bear vitally on the wel fare of workingmen House bill No, 76 all workmen in lo mills, shingle mills ehall recelve time and one- for all work over eight hours. bill was introduced by Representa tive Thompson, of Pierce. House bill No, 1 wixday week for str railway men, It was pre nented by Representatives Rude, Heighton and Murphine, all of King. In addition to these, compennation | Dilis have been introduced which substantially increase disability pay- | ments to injured workmen and which will probably v bills were introduced in the during the 30 min-! ‘They were: stipulates: th This ion. House police fourth class cities 2 Pleree. ges bound. Representa Judges in Hous aries in Is tive Ander A tax of two cents @ gation on fuel ofl, house bill No, 73; Repre-| wentative Basse:t, of Spokane. Taxes for highway upkeep, houne bill No. 74, Representative Bassett | of Spokane. All permanent highway funds to be expended, house bill No. 15, Rep: resentative Bassett of Spokane. MARGARINE BILL Substitutes OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.—No slips are anticipated by the supporters of the house bill which will prohibit the manufactrire and sale of butter sub- stitutes when it comes up Monday) for further consideration. | This measure will very probably result in at least a temporary break in the ranks of the farmers as well aa in other factions. Some of the| members are of the opinion that |the measure {s pure discrimination against the manufacturers of but- |ter substitutes by the dairy men. | Others ay that passage of the |measure would bring hardship on| | families who are unable to pay but-| is scheduled to appear today and the dairymen and substi- tute manufacturers are bringing thelr prize lobbyists to the state house In preparation for the fight. | It In diftioult to determine which wet of lobbyists ts the slickest or amooth- | ent, the butter men or the margarine | | men, | will Recover From Mercury Poisoning After swallowing mercury by mis- take Sunday night, Mrs. Stella M. Spurgeon, 38, 232 10th ave. N., was taken to the Seattle General hospi- tal. 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