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ntess Carnarvon Over- come on Plane Voyage “PARIG, March 20.—Countess Car fying with a doctor to the of her husband, Lord Car. discoverer of the tomb of was taken suddenly feet over Beauvais during threeseater was foroéd to Precarious landing in the The countess an feday she will push on by husband's site at Luxor, C n ty believed to have tt by a peculiar insect hile at work tn connection with he excavations at the tomb. He ts ffering from severe blood poison ‘word of her husband's ser Miness reached London, the ordered out an airplane, was nightfall by the time she “Teady, with a doctor, to start, phe insisted that the fight three-seater took the alr and @eross the channel toward Whenee It was intended to fy then to Athens and across he Mediterranean into Calro. Strain of worry and exhaust. Might Might over northern Proved too much for the She was taken suddenly midair, while the plane was Beauvais, some 30 kilometers ‘Paris. Her condition was such the doctor signaled to the pilot ‘& descent in the darkness than attempt to continue rht to Parts, threeseater came down, land- safely. ‘mM @ nurse myself,” the count- 1 the United Presy when she @ brought here after recovering the attack. “and my place ts iy husband's side. I'm going on today, if possible.” KES BLAME FOR MURDE Aunt for Sake of . of Bertha Kats, his ‘whom his father had been broth. to the one herself, sought to uilty during the investigation At the time, both she aid his mother was that his father was dead “he was concerned. Faq Injured When ver Takes Nap |:. who were injured accident at Pio- Mon- 3 Seattleites: » who was driving, fell ‘and the car went over an 2UGET SOUND STEAMER CHEDULES JUND NAVIGATIONG AVI {RACES THRU AIR DEBT PLAN MAY. } TOAD HUSBAND) BE ANNOUNCED To Negotiate for Entire Amount Due U. S. BY PAUL B. MALLON WASHINGTON, March 26 egotiations for settlement of t maining $6,400,000,000 allied nations owe the United States, will soon be undertaken. France, Italy, Belgtum, Czecho- Slovakia and others may be informed Officially, it was learned at the treas UrY department today, that this gov- ernment {s prepared—in view of the British arrangement—to proceed fur ther with the task of refunding. While there ts no disposition of this government to hasten negotiations with nations which have not yet paid, members of the American refunding comminsion believe it ts proper th the remaining debtors should be in Vited to negotiate on the baais of the British settrement or to suggest terms, Rancher Is Found Guilty of Murder MARSHFIELD, Ore, March % I. W. Peare, aged rancher, today Yew faced a sentence of death, following | his being found guilty by a jury in cireult court here last night of the murder of @ neighbor, James Culver, last December, The state had secured tn against Peare, charging firs' ond degree murder for the killing of Culver and of the accused man’s wife, respectively, Peare had offered a plea of temporary insanity, aaserting that he had been drinking moonshine ‘The murders occurred In the remote Kitchen creek section, southeast of here, Narcotic Situation on Coast Improved WASHINGTON, March 20—The Pacific narcotic peddling conspiracy has been broken up, Harry D. Smith, San Francisco narcotic chief, report: 4 to prohibition headquarters here Seventyeix new canes were ex- posed in the month of February and penitentiary sentences imposed ag: Gregating 76 years, Conditions In the Hollywood-Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle dis tricts are being improved rapidly, the report stated. Breaks Fire Plug, Several Get Wet After ramming a fire hydrant at 28th ave, and Madison st, Monday of his bumpers, the driver of « large Dew sedan fled when the fire plug broke at the base, sending up « geyser of water. Several pedestrians were soaked before they could gain shelter, The driver of the car made a successful escape. Plan for Class in Home Furnishing A class in home furnishing ts to opened by the University of provided that the registration for the class ts large enough. ‘The course will deal with the ap- plication of structural art principles to choice arrangement of household furnishings and comparative coats. Meetings will be held at the unt versity, in room 300, Home Ecano- mies hall, Wednesday, from 4:15 to 6 p. m, and Saturday from 9 to 11 m. Detailed information can be had and registration be made at the University Extension Service building, on the campus. Try Narcotic Cases Under Beeler Law sell narcoties, were to be arraigned before Judge Otis W. Brinker tn su- pertor court laté Tuesday under the new Beeler anti-drug act, ee ee A “BABY PEGGIES” TO BE THE GUESTS AT A SPECIAL MATINEE «*DQABY PEGGIES"—hear yo! The Columbia theater management hag planned a mati nee to be held in your honor at 10 am. Thursday, All “Baby Peg- sien” entered in the recent contest held by The Star, whether they were among the winners or not, are wanted at the matinee, Tho judges, of course, bad to make their selections on the basis of re- semblance to the original “Baby Peggy” of movie fame, Many pretty bables who have not brown eyes and hair, or the attitude of Baby Peggy, and therefore were not named among the winners, are expected to be at the Thurs- day-morning performance with their mothers, A complete children’s program hag been arranged. Special muni will be played, and “Baby Peggy, in her new comedy, “The Kid Re- porter,” will be featured. ‘BOXING —-TONIGHT— Auspices AUSTIN & SALT, INC, CRYSTAL POOL Northwestern Bant: Champtonabi VIC FOLEY of Vancouver, M. ©. CHAMPION vs. DANDY DILLON mwelsht ip 4 omen stan 4 Bours Huy tiokets only at Jog Dis- ard'n, Occldonta and Yorier; Greon's Cigar Store, 1406 Third Ave; Koltor ‘& Rernbaum, Flotel Savoy Building; Comp- ton & WM 1222 Third Ave; Second and 82.20, Mes Cy I Admission #100 —_—_—__ STARTS ON PAGE 1 HERMINE HERE’S MORE ABOUT OF | modestly, could be seen ia his bride's | remarks the growing hard | titnes in Germany, with consequent | flood of appeais for help. | “Unfortunately, it has been impos | sible to meet all requests,” Hermine Bupplicants who ask for 10 or 20 gulldere—$4 or $8—and think they are quite modest do not under } stand our situation; that Is for us & | considerable sum of money.” CUTS CLOTH CLOSELY DOORN CASTLE The court chamberlain later ex plained to me how, in Doorn castle, Jone must “cut the cloth closely,” expecially a slong an negotiations between crown and state regarding division of the emperor's fortune | continues. They must live modestly here. When guests are Invited the | dinner consists of soup, an entree meat and dewert. For their own meals, the ex-kalser and kalserin have one meat and fruit. Friday's menu, for tnstancy consists of: ‘Thick soup, baked sole and cake. ‘This was considered a great feast In closing the interview the princess recalled her old home in the Saabor country, whence many letters have come to her rejoicing in her forthcoming trip. She goes to Silesta next month to join her eldest boys at school in Germany, who will be on thelr holidays. I mentioned that as a stockholder bout | said, olin the Gruenberger Zeltung—a news. paper published near Saabor—she must be Interested In journalistic | things. | “Yes, my Interest ts, \tlve.” Hernine repited. | ways advocated thru the press the settlement of social differences—and permit me to may for myself—not entirely without success.” An we were exchanging a few words in parting, the princess krooted her playing children at the gateway, ‘The children nolsily and Joyfully hatled her, took her hands and they disappeared tnto the park. Hermine boked happy as any bride | could. The court chamberiain subsequent: ly anvured me that talk of any dif lterences within the Hohenzollern household, hidden away from the usual world byways, was purely fantasy of fevered journalistic minds. Tho villagers—they are not en: tirely without prefudices and surely willing to gomip—eay that what they have seen of the couple bears out the statement that Wilhelm and his bride are real honeymooners. (MOVIES MAKE EM GO WILD Leopard Throws Lot Into Confusion; Subdued LOS ANGELES, March 20.—The movies ara making tho leopards wilder, A supposediy tame leopard ran wild during the filming of a picture called “Tutankhamen,” bit Constance Earle lightly on the hand, scratched ita trainer, Georgia Corrorelia, and almost did damage to half » dozen other jungle heroes, who were all Greased up for a leopard hunt along the Nile, ‘The beast had been sulky for sov- tral hours, perhaps over the delay in excavating King Tut's mummy from the carpenter shop, and the di- rector had difficulty in getting it to do It, stuff. Suddenly the animal ran wild in one of the scenes, mada a savage apap, tearing the hand of Mias Earle, @aughter of the director, and then. made for the other actors, who, how- ever, pulled a Charlie Paddock on the beast. ‘Trainer Corronnelln rushed for {t with bis bare hands, and, altho badly scratched, meceeded tn putting ite aos on and getting it back on the jot. Two Scalded When Water Tank Bursts An exploding hot water boiler In An apaPtment house at 2010 Weatern aye., Monday night, drenched T. Nistiida, 63, landlord, and his son, Kacto Nishida, 14, with scalding ‘steam and water. Both were taken to the Nippon hospital suffering from terrible burns about the head and body. Tho tank became over- heated, Nishida said, and blew up when he was about to drain it, Hearings on Right of Way April 17 Hearings to condemn the Skagit power right of way thru Snohom- jlsh county will be held at Everett April 17, Corporation Counsel T, J. L, Kennedy announced Tuesday, PROSPERITY ii COMING Havo you money at your instant COMMAND? to take advantage of Opportunities? THE BANK FOR SAVINGS CAPITAL, $400,000.00 Pine St. at Fourth Ave, THE SAYS CHAMBER FOR RICH MEN ; Lamping Tells Madison Club of Port Deal By Fielding Lemmon Prefacing his remarks with the [statement that Beattle Cham ber of Commerce is a bunch selfish men banded together for the! benefit of the rich of Seattle, George P. Lamping, Seattle port commis sion Monday night told the mem bera of the Madison Park Improve ment club of the fight that they will have on their hands to aut ime the purchase of the Skinner & Eddy shipyard site No. 2 & wonderful thitig for the people of Beatth for thie reason that t of Commerce ts opposing it.~ “1 know they have tried to make me out a liar, but I don’t care what they say about me, for the best interests of the city at least, “The head of the chamber can go bankrupt, the chamber itself can go bankrupt, but ['m going to put up an awful fight every time that crowd tries to put this city Inte |bankruptey, and that is exactly lwhat they would Uke to do,” he | charged. | “This ts your olty and it ts up Ito you to run it and not let the Chamber of Commerce run It. 1 | won't stand for them running It and neither will any other good citizen. “Neither will I stand to have this city run by a newspaper editor, colonel, general, or something, who got his title by having the porters on the Pullmans salute him.” The improvement club meeting was held tn howor of Rep. Charles Helghton, representative from t district and president of the club, for his work at the legislature Lamping spoke briefly of Heigh ton’s record at the state capitol and scored the political machine that tried to discredit him. “T know what a fellow ts up against when he tries to be aquare and buck that gang down there,” jho said. “Hut Tm glad, at least, |that this district bad a man who [had the nerve to start and fintsh me “Rometimes you have to send men jaway to really «et to know what ts in them,” Lamping concluded. “That was the caso with Helghton.” | Following Lamping’s addrena, past legislature, giving the story of how the laws passed are not| for the becefit of the people, but for NDITS MAY BE WOUNDED Police Capture Two, Fire at Two Others ‘Two bandit chases were staged on downtown streets early Tuesday morning, resulting in the arrest of two men and the possible wounding of two more. Two other bandits were at liberty Tuenday after a dar- Ing holdup in the Phinney district. Patrolman Tom Bartlett, at 12:15 & m., saw two young men robbing @n auto at Fifth ave. and Columbia et Bartlett ran toward them, ¢rnw- ing his revolver, The bandits fled as he opened fire. According to Bartlett, at least one of the men may have been hit by the bullets. The atripping of the auto was atopped by the Umely arrival of the cop. One hour after two bandits had entered a shooting gallery at First ave. and Seneca at, robbing Miss Cherry Jode, an attendant, of her purse, containing $19, Patrolman 8. B, Dotson pursued and captured John H. Roe, 2%, and Joseph Garcia, 26, at Fourth ave. and Pike at. Roo and Garcia were positively identified as thu robbers by Miss Jode. They were held in the city Jali Tuesday on open charges. Two masked and heavily armed bandits held up and robbed 8. Woolery, 4616 Phinney ave, on his front porch late Monday night, when he was returning from the theater, Woolery lost $25.22, he re- ported. Both bandith wore black masks and carried large black re. volvers. They wore overcoats and caps, Woolery raid. i I. J. KOHLER, LAWYER, DEAD I, J. Kohler, 70 years old, who was & prominent Seattle lawyer, died early Tuesday at his homo, 2216 First ave. W. He ledves a widow and threo children, all of whom are married, Kohler came to Seattle in 1905 and has practiced law tn the Mehl- horn building for nearly 10 years, He was formerly a Prosecuting at- torney in Michigan, where he lived for several years previous to his coming here, Tho children #urviv- ing him are Ines J. Kohler, Mra, Lawrence Crane and Mrs, Albert Prather, ali widely known and re. siding In Seattle, A private funeral will and interment green park, Mulatto Sentenced. to Die for Crimes WACO, Tex, March 20,—Ro: Mitchell, feat) alleged murder fiend, for the second time waa con. vieted of murder and sentenced to death by a jury here, * After deliberating three minutes, the jury found Mitchell gullty of kill ing Mra. Ethel Denecamp, whoso body, with that of W. 1, Holt, was found at a lonely spot near hero last January, Mitchel] was convicted of the mur- be held will be at Ever. “The purchase of this site will be | I am working | | Hetghton sketched the actions of the! inside | the benefit of the lobbytsts and the} interests they represent. BA SEATTLE STAR MAY CONFER ON LEAVING RUHR Unofficial Parley Is Report- ed in Switzerland ¥ LLOYD ALLEN LONDON, March %0,--Unofficial but direct ations between France and @: y for evacuation of the Ruhr and resumption of repar ations payments may hive started secretly in Switzerland. Dr, Carl Bergm 0 an ” voy to the allied prem confer ence, returned to Berlin tonleht from Hern At the Swiss city be ts re ported to have had # private confer with Senator Dubois, former chairman of the r Jona coramis sion, who is belleved to have acted aa unofficial representative of the French government. Meanwhile new French reprisals Infileted upon the Ruhr city of Bs where Private Sehmidt, a | French sentry, was murdered Satur: day, are reported from ferlin to have stirred the wrath of the popu lation, All of the “French patrols were reinforced in Eesen today, espe cially in the vicinity of the railroad | station tn the heart of the city,| where Schmidt was shot and where | the Freneh killed a German civilian | shortly after finding the body of thelr comrade. Arrest of high German officials to be held as hostages continued, a reichatag member and two bank presidents now being held in prison until the efty finds and delivers the assansin, Ramsay McDonald and Arthur Henderson, British labor Joaders, ac companied by Wii Adamson, Tom Shaw, C. R. Buxton and Brig, Gen. C. B, Thompson, went to Parts to- day to confer with French aeputien regarding French ocoupation of the | Rubr. Henderson and McDonald will re| turn to London tomorrow, while the other laborites wil} visit the occupied Areas an official representatives of the British labor party. The visit bl | in connection with McDonald's scheme to have members of parlia ments of the countries involved ex-| change unofficial views In an at tempt to reach @ settlement which will permit evacuation. | a | nen, Cable Hits Junk | Wagon, More Junk) A nearriot resulted on the Yesler| way cable line at 16th ave. Monday simply because “the ol gray mare, | ashe ain't wh © used to be many long years A junk wagon, fully loaded, was ntalled at the street crosing, simply becaune the nag towing it balked, stranding the wagon squarely across the tracks, J, Kaufman, 616 21st) Ave, jumped and was not Injured The horse alto encaped. Before the| crash there waa @ wagon and much funk. After the crash there was more junk. Negro Drops Dead of Heart Disease While working on the deck of the/ steamship Fulton at the Union Pa etfic dock Monday afternoon, George Ingraham, negro deckhand, dropped dead of heart disease, His address and the names of his relatives or frienda are unknown to the coroner. $250,000 Loss in Stockyard Blaze CHICAGO, March 20.—Fire at the Chicago stockyards early today! caused a loss of about $250,000, The) plant of the Mercury Manufactur.| ing Co. was totally destroyed. Fifty! electric trucks were lost in the blaze, | Water will be shut off Tues. day from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m. on W. Green Lake aye, from N. Tith st. to Woodland Park ave., the water department announced | Tuesday. r— if Piles, Send » For Pyramid Fret Pe own | Everywhere Wonderful Rellet Have Given, If you are one of those unfortu- Raves struggling with the pain and distross of itching, bleeding, pro= tories Are for the They truding piles or hemorrholda,. as Bay druggist for a 6) cent box o yramid Pile Suppositories, Tako nO substitute, Keliet should come #0 quickly you will wonder why anyone should continua to mutter the aln of such a distronsing condition. ‘or a fr package, end namo And address to Pyramid Drug Co, 626 Pyramid Bldg. Marshal, Mich, et TryThis oe ° Raisin Pie Neighborhood bake shops and large modern bakeries in your town are baking raisin pies for you that will delight your men folks and save bak- ing at home, Your grocer or a bake shop will deliver a delicious one, der of Holt Saturday and sentenced to death, “Frosh” Blossom Out in Green Caps Universlty “frosh” blossomed out Monday in the wseanon's verdant green caps, They will be required to appear wnt! June in the regular Breon headgear of tho yeurling, Try one, They are mak- ing them with— Sun-Maid Raisins SIX TINS OF DREAM ESSENCE FOUND IN DOWN-TOWN ALLEY QUIX neat tittle tins of a black eyrup-like fluid, sticky and odorless, repose without an own. or upon the desk of Sheriff Matt Starwich, The lite worth and weighing about two ounces, contain concen trated essence of to the world as ing opium. The opium was turned over to Sheriff Starwich late Monday by Carl Grannint, a resident tea con Hill, who found them alley between Second and Third aven. and Yosler way and Wash. ington st... Grannini, walking thru the alley late Monday, no- iced a fleeting figure drop something and start to run, His curtomity aroused, Grannint picked up the package, It con- tained the opium, Sheriff ftarwich will return the packages to the owner, if he calls for it today, Otherwise he will turn it over to the federal nar- cotle squad, tina, each about CAN’T DRILL IN CEMETERY PONCA CITY, Okla, March 20—~ A week of peace for the dend in the United Brethren churchyard here wan provided today in a temporary order inwued by the eireult court re- straining the Knox Of] Co, from erecting derricks on the hallowed land. ‘The off company contends that un. der a leage on the rich Ponkawa petroleum field. of which the trariai ground ts the heart, they have the right to mink wells if they desire. Nolatives of the dead have insisted 4 clause in the lease exempts the churehyard and armed guards haw been posted to enforce their claim Two Men Killed in Powder Explosion WILKESPARRE, Pa., March 20.— Two men were killed, one probably fatally hurt and several injured when the packing house of the Belin | police declare. mills, of the DuPont Powtr Co. in| the woods near Moosta, blew up, completely destroying the mill. An investigation was started at once to determine the cause of the explosion. Relief was rushed from Scranton and Pittston. The exact number of injured will not be known until al! doctors make thelr reports, an every available house way turned into @ temporary hospital able damage was done to other build. ings at the plant, Charge Chinese Had Opium in His Shop Charged with tmporting several hundred grains of yen shee, or oplum, Into the country fn viola tion of the Harrison narcotic act, Ab Fong, an aged Chinese, was on trial in federal court Tuesday morn- Ing. Federal officers are said to have raided Ah Fong's place “below the line," and to have confiscated over 700 grains of yon ashes. The case wan expected to go to the jury Tuesday afternoon. Wife of Justice Agent Dies Here The body of Dorothy Skelly, wife, of a well known department of justice operative, who died Sunday at her hon, 2219 10th ave. N., will be taken to Chicago for burial. Mrs, Skelly formerly lived tn Chicago but came here with her husband during the war, Conaider-|and Joo TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 192 COUNTY SAVES ON LIGHT BILL. City Bid Makes Power Co. Reduce Prices } | While the county commissioners finally awarded the lighting contract for the coming year to the Puget | Hound Light & Power Co., the offer of J, D, Kons, superintendent of the clty light departinent, to cut the an AuAl electrical bill 36 per cent was t by the power company. As @ shment, Supertntend ona waved the county $1,240 for current supplied four county institutions. In recognition of ite status as the} wecond largest taxpayer in King! county, the Puget Sound company | was awarded the contract, the com missioners explained. The contract calls for supplying the county pital, the detention home, the county | jail and the Old Folks’ home with| current for the year | Superintendent Ross said that the competition of the light department tn saving the citizens $5,000,000 ap-| nually> due to competitive prices pre. ling here. The light department divides the city’s business with thé] power company about equally, Ross says. Tho light department made $694,308.19 profit in 1922, FIND 700 GALS, | OF MOONSHINE: Police Make Record Haul al Phinney Ridge | | hon. Odors reminiscent of pre-Volstead dayn that permeated the ozone of Phinney Ridge finally proved the un- | doing of a man and « woman late Monday, when Motorcycle Patrolmen | 0. L, Redden and M. A. Coons raided ® house at 112 N. 72nd at., capturing | & negro and his wife and two huge| 100-gallon stills, together with nearly | 700 galjons of finished moonshine. | The raid netted one of the largest | Aintilleries ever found In Beattle, the | The raid was super-| vised by Capt. John J. Hal SENTENCED ON | LIQUOR COUNT! After one of the mont bitterly con- | jtested liquor cases ever fought out) in federal court, Clarence Chambers | Fredeyickg were finally | found guilty of conspiring to violate | the prohibition laws and were sen: tenced Monday to 18 months in Mo Netl Island prison by Judge Jeremiah | Neterer. In addition to the sentence they were each fined $100, The pair was captured last October near Stanwood, when they were sighted in thelr launch, the Dragon, by federal agents, Many shots were fired, and Fredericks was seriously injured before they surrendered. Ed Hagen, BE. W. Pielow, Charles Givens and Chris. Brown, who were secretly indicted by the recent federal grand jury, were given until next Monday to enter pleas go Indictments charging conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. Held for Stealing Car Last October Howard James was arrested in Tacoma Monday charged with the theft of a Ford coupe last October from Mrs. Mary Mattson. He was driving the car in Tacoma when picked up by the officers, He will be brought back to face a grand larceny charge Tuesday, Every day starts right when the morning coffee comes to the breakfast table with the same even smoothness and flavor. Sometimes this same coffee has the hab- it of changing its flavor, and often it is no fault of the coffee itself. Your favorite brand will take on new flavor and gen- uine goodness,and never change, if it. is served with ure Kristoferson Cream—just try it! a Smart Looking EASTER SUITS Extremely Low ter suit chosen from this low-priced group Is « oer tainty to please. In beauty of design and from standpoint of quality this offering ts out of the ordinary at this exception- The multe 1h this group come in tricotines, polret twilix, fancy plaid “port suits and tweeds in a pleasing array of attractive models. Purchase your Easter apparel the Florence upstairs way at a genuine saving. New Spring Frocks, ats, Suits, Wraps and Millinery. Film Company Fire Loss Is $20,000 PORTLAND, March 20.—Fire last night destroyed the wooden studio of the American Lifeograph Co. a mo- tion picture concern, with a loss to building, stored equipment and films amounting to approxiamtely $20,000, The fire started in the developing room. No one but the night ” watchman was in the building, Hiram Refuses to Discuss Politics PARIS, March 20—“I refuse to talk politics elther domestic or Inter- national.” This was the reply of Senator Hiram Johnson today, when asked whether he would enter the 1924 presidential primaries in opposition to President Harding.