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The Two Daveys d Styles A Medley of Fashion, Dance, ci dB Moore & Shy Fox & Mack ° Webb & Webb WALLACE and NOAH BEERY In the Wentur “sTOUMS Photopiny Pie smart SEAT’ rl TAR AT THE WEDDIN G OF PRINCESS YOLANDA | HAMMER MURDER FUGITIVE HELD |Official Word of Arrest Re- ceived at Washington WASHINGTON, April 24 {an supposed to be wanted by th A wom Clara California authorities for “hammer of Mra Al- | berta Meadows, has been arrested if murder Honduras, the state department was officially advised today held by the pending She will be Honduras government the arrival of any request nt for | from the American governm: | her extradition, Secretary of State Hughes himself | announced the a f Mra. Philitps }and officials of th ate department | expressed the belief there was no to her identity hes has wired Honduras, ask- ESCAPED JAIL IN DISGUISE?) BY ROBERT A, DONALDSON LOS ANGELES, April Clara Phillips, 18 her sensational escape from the Los Angeles county jail, jwalked out the front gate disguised | jas a messenger boy. The bars in ber cell were after |wards cut as a blind. | At the Jail door she was taken junder the wing of a man known as jJess Carsen, who had been paid $2,000 to chaperone her on her fight. he above allegations are investigated by the district See. ney’s office today, In connectl with its inquiry into the “getaw y" of the “hammer murderesa”—now given added impetus by her re. Ported capture at Tegucigalpa, Hon- being Honduras today. The new version of Clara's eacape leaked out following the sudden death Saturday of her attorney, Bert Herrington, who died of heart dis. case. According to this story a mensen- fer boy arrived at the jail bearing a package for Clara, just at the time when there was much excitement jover the release of Madalynne Oben. Ichain. That package contained a |mnessenger boy's uniform. Clara, wearing it, walked out the |tront door, according to this version, | which is being Investigated by the police. HERE’S MORE ABOUT HARDING STARTS ON PAGE 1 fear of American embroilment in Europe's politics, would first require fasent of the senate, and ff, by any chance, the senate approved of any entanglement, the present adminis. tration would not complete the rat! fication. If, in spite of these state- ments, uttered with full delfbera- tion, there are excessive and un- founded hope on the one hand, or utterly unjustifiable apprehensions on the other, I know of no word fittingly to apply.” WON'T CONSIDER LEAGUE PROPOSAL Having rebuked his mistrustful re- publican colleagues, the president then served notice that friends of the league of nations need not ex- pect his administration to consider membership in that body. “Excessive friends of the league,” he said, “have troubled the situa tion by their unwarranted statement |that {t is a move toward league |membership. Let them disabuse thelr minds, because there is no such thought among us who must make our commitments abroad. “I have no unseemly comment to offer on the league,” the president said. “If it is serving the old world helpfully, more power to it. But it is not for Nothing could be more de- cisively stamped with finality.” Harding deprecated the mystery, misunderstanding and protest which he sald had developed out of his “simple, natural, normal proceed. ing’ in asking the senate to ap- prove American adhesion to the court. He welcomed the oppor- tunity, he said, “to reveal to the American peopl both the purposes and the motives impellin, Know what “amphioxus’ It is the rarest of sea foods is found only on the Chinese coast, near the University of Amoy. It js a tiny animal averaging about three grains in weight. METROPOLITAN All Next Week Com. Monday, April 30 Matinees: WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY nant Phillips, | mment there to hold the jalleged “hammer murderess” until | the arrival of the request for extra dition, which is now being forwarded. | | Above are members of th | ding of Princess Yolanda and | to right, King Victor Emman Prince Hubert. their honeymoon, STOCKHOLDERS INVITED WEST Puget Sound Power Co. Aids Tourist Campaign Six thousand five hundred Eastern ders of the Puget Sound | Power & Light Co. have been invited }to ¥ the Pucific Northwest [summer and inspect the in which they are interest This invitation, sent out by A. W. Leonard, president of the company, is just the beginning of a constrpct ive program undertaken by the 8 pany, according to Leonard. The in- vitation ts illustrated with a beautt ful picture of Mt. Rainier, printed in sepia ink and showing one of the jcompany’s gigantic hydro-electric | power plants. The cover in so ar- ranged an observation car looking out thru the window at the scenery passing before them. The window I» actually. cut of the paper, revealing the} scene behind and producing a unique effect. “There is a double stockholders in responding to this said Mr. Leonard. faturally many of them are in most comfortable circumrtances and like to travel; undoubtedly a num- ber of them will be so impressed after reaching here that determine to remain in and make thelr homes. Many will wish to be right here so whey can watch the development of the prop. erties In which they are interested and where they will haye oppor tunities to share in the larger de velopment of this part of the coun try. stockho! pertion incentive to 1923 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles 29 ave. N. W., reported Mon. day that his car struck the 4-year-old son of Mrs. C. R. Ryan, 6717 Syca more ave. The child was bruised, 2 —An unidentified man was 9 struck at 14th ave. and 5. Pike st., Monday, by R. A. Sullivan, of the McKay apartments. The man ‘was unhurt. —S8. H. Waterman, 3247 44th 29 ave. $3. W., told police Mon: day that his car had struck a man at First ave, and Virginia st. and that the man was only slightly bruised. 29 —Joseph Hammer, 67, ro ceived severe cuts about tho head Monday night when he was struck and run over at Fourth ave. and Main st. by an auto driven by R, A. Lawrence, 9624 both ave. 3, TEETH EXTRACTION FREE DAILY Our partial plate, which does not cover the roof of the mouth if you have two or more teeth. $5.00 + ews i... 84,00 SP Most of our present itp hi a recommended by, our early custom: ers, whose work is still giving good satisfaction. ‘All work guaranteed for 15 years, Examination free. OHIO p RATE DENTISTS Katabilahed 20 Yeurn Natural Rubber T this | to depict two travelers in| they ‘will | this state| e royal Italian family on the j balcony of the palace at Rome immediately after the wed-| Left Comte Calvi de Bergola uel, Queen Mother Margherita, the bride and groom, Queen Elena, the royal princesses and Below the bride and groom are leaving on RETURN FROM PASCO MEETING Delegates Are Enthusiastic Over Prospects BY BARL W KELLER the Columbia Basin, 70 & gates returned home the second annual | Columbia Basin Irrigation which convened in F Seattle sent the largest delegation from any one place. More than 1,000 delegates attended the meeting, which took the form of a celebration of federal recognition of the project Viswalizing $7,000 famitien sityated }on as many Irrigated farms in the | Basin is not difficult, but the suc. jcessful promotion of the pro to this ultimate end ts quite a different Proposition, delegates maid. Realiz ing this, and the necensity of tered effort, the league, which was organized with $00 member terially grown during the has the enthusiasm and determina tion over the project. SURVEY 18 NOW | UNDER WAY | Homer Gault, who Is heading the | party from the United States recla- | mation h Mond meeting of league, cen service w review survey of th jon the spot, getting all set to carry jon this work. General opinion from statements made at the convention seemed to-foster hope for the com. pletion of the federal survey at least | before March 4, 1924, Basin, is now be made to congress resultant from/| |the uncertain detail being the | od decided upon by which the 2, | 000 acres will be reclaimed. It is difficult to predict when work will begin on the project, sinco actual work will hinge on the report of the federal survey. Election of trustees for the league and many speeches of optimism and enthusiasm for carrying on the work and fight for reclamation featured the convention, Samuel H. Hedge: of the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredg. ing Co., at present a trustee from the Seattle district, is being predicted as the new president of the league| | when the new trustees meet in Port- |land Wdnesday morning, May 2, for election of officers. TRUSTEES ELECTED FOR COMING YEAR Following aro the trustees elected from the various districts First Washington, Seattle, muel HL, Hedges, Frank W, Hull and Harvey H. Lindle: | of Seattle, Second Washington—John A, Mil }ler, Frank I. & J. J. Dono-| |van, all of Third Washington—George . Long, Fred Insinger, Charles B. Hurley, all of Tacoma, Fourth Washington—H, D. Me Millian, Ephrati Cc &F Stinson, Pasco; John W. Langdon, Walla Walla, Fifth Washington—Thaddeus 8. Lana, Roy R. Gill and Arthur D.| Jones, all of Spokane. | First Idaho 1 Dp. ‘min. Sand Point; Huntington 1 Coeur d'Alene, and J. G Priest River. Second Oregon—S, A. dieton. H. Sturgis, Pendleton, and J, M. Kyle, Stanfield. Third Oregon—J, W Cc, Colt and W. L. Portland, ‘)|Find Dope Cache on President McKinley After an all-day search of the Admiral. Oriental liner President McKinley, which arrived here early Monday morning, customs officials unearthed one of the most valuable narcotic caches ever found on the Veunels, Oplum in five-tael tins, val: | ued at $12,000, was discovered under | a floor board In a lower dock state room, according to reports of of ficiaix late Monday. A total of 75} ting wera uncovered, In addition to} the drugs, larga quantities of liquor ylor, Parsons, Lovell, Pen- Ganong, C. Boyes, all of seo Saturday. | js making al Feeling that favorable report will|when she left for a short visit to this survey seemed to be unanimous, |an actress. meth |BOYS DROP IN 00/10 SEE SAM | with each. ‘| works at Olympia, “Tout, It CHILD LOVE IS TO BE TESTED ‘Girl Must Choose Between | Foster and Real Mother | | CHICAGO, Apr trice | Nuttall, pretty old girl horn out of wedlock, was aiked to choose today between the mother who bore her and the mother who fostered her since infancy | | The outcome of the strange test | Jof child love in Judge Joseph B,| David's court was watched by noted paychologints and students of human | | emotions | Twelve years ago, Mins Ada Schultz, then but 16 years of age! d living in Sterling, Il, was to become « mother, she admits tn the court records Her parents, feeling keenly the taken from its mothe » minute of birth and placed in a « 1's home. A week later it wa 4 by James Nutta lee clerk, and hin w mily as thelr own child. the birth of the 1 and is the name of Mra lorris traveled thru: many es, searching for her ¢ and! has never given up her of re-| covering It “[ felt no shame of my own flesh and blood, and would have protested adoption of ,my baby had I nown of it," shetold the court A year ago whe finally located the ehiid and they met frequently, atrice showed an unusual affec tion for her mother, who brought court action to recover custody of | the child | Judge Davis, baffled by the Intri-| cacles of the case, obtained Judge} | Claire Edwards, of Waukegan, to sit with him during the he court ordered and the wishes of nvulted in chi mother, Beatrice. will be in court for ths firat time Croumstances of ber birth HERE'S MORE ABOUT SAM PILES STARTS ON PAGE | From Hollywood" act at the Moore | theater, under the name of Sam Armstrong. He's “made up” with {his dad, | Samuel, Jr, and Miss Clark were husband and wife for two years. They then agreed to disagree. A later the senator's won married | Miss Florence Syma of Boise, Idaho. And dad was pleased. It 1s said now that Samuel Piles, Sr. Is more than satisfied with the matrimonial con- dition of his son, and iy not at all |dtasatixtied with his success on the | stage. Samuel, Jr, Hollywood, | who recently left where he played with Charles Ray in jas Julius Ceasar,” to work for another season in vaudeville, intends to stay with the ncreen and footlights. His pres- | ent wife, who has been traveling |with him until a week or 0 ago, her people, now in California, is not As for Miss Clark—the first Mrs. Piles, jr—she 4s now in San Fran- cisco, aécording to her former hus: band, with their 4-year-old daughter, Miss Clark {s to be married again soon to a millionaire, and an agree- ment has been made between her and Piles to the effect that their baby shall be a part of the time This week at the Moore theater the dressing room section resembles the scene of a class reunion. For many of the boys of ‘17 and ‘18 are dropping in to see Sam. NEW RATE TO MEAN SAVING Light Bills Will Be Cut the Future Hundreds of thousands of dollars annually will be saved the citizens of Seattle by the reduction in city Nght rates provided in an ordinance passed by the elty council Monday. ‘To mect the new schedule of rates the Puget Sound Power & Light company has filed a schedule of rates with the department of public meeting the city’s learned ‘Tuesday, ‘The have become effective was new rates already. The new light rates charge of 5.6 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 40 hours; two cents per kilowatt hour for the next 200 hours, and one cent per kilowatt hour for the next 200 hours, Reports that Seattle light rates are higher than those prevailing in Spokane were denied Tuenday by J.D, Ross, Supt. of the city light department. ‘The statements were part of an organized propaganda to discredit public ownership of utili. ties and are misiending, Ross as: provide a | norted, Seattle's municipal fish market was guillotined by order of the city and jewelry were found by the offi wel council at Monday's meeting. After five years of successful operation, the councl voted, 7 to 2, to close tho market. It Ia located at Pike Place and was established during the war as a means of lowering the price of fish, retail, Pa WTR Ce A PPA HERE’S MORE ABOUT STARTS ON PAGE 1 with the exception that certain reo- ommendations as to service were first stricken, These provided that the Youngs: town and the Roy street lines be abandoned. ‘The vote of the council approving the recommendation for higher fares was unanimous, sel T. J. L. Kennedy is preparing an ordinance that will provisions of Russell's report and this will be introduced before the council next Monday. up for passage a week from Monday. Mayor Brown announced Tuesday that he will veto the ordinance when passed and predicted that it will ho a long time before the higher fare comes back. “There ts no hurry,” sald. efforts to sottle FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET IXTH AVENUE | “SMOOTHTOP” 2 Vulcan Gas Ranges i They Have Revolutionized the >= Art of Gas Cookery No housekeeper is in a position to experience the real convenience of cook- ery by gas until she owns a Vulcan SMOOTHTOP—the Gas Range which automatically puts the old-style, open- burner gas range into the discard. Demonstrated here daily. One small (junior) burner keeps three vessels cooking. No tipping; no clogging; no gas smells; no disappointments. PICTURED AT RIGHT, Vulean Smoothtop Gas Range with t ovens, 18x18 and 14x18, th L ter with ler combination Price $125.00, “SMOOTHTOP” Kitchenette Model We have contracted for an unusually large quan- tity of this very popular Smoothtop model to fea- ture at a remarkably at- tractive price. A splen- did Range for the small apartment. Vulcan Smoothtop Gas Range $95.00 (Pictured at Left) my Probably the most popular “family” model in the SMOOTHTOP line. Oven 14x18 inches; separate broiler. Has the famous, smooth, enclosed top distinguishing all SMOOTHTOP mod- els. A splendid Range. GURNEY (Northland) REFRIGERATOR Top-Icing Models \ 25-pound ice capacity, $16.85 50-pound ice capacity, $19.50 75-pound ice capacity, $28.00 HIT BY AUTO AS HE WORKS While working In the street be- tween the car tracks at Fourth ave. and Main st. late Monday night, Joseph Hammer, 67, of 3844 Inter lake ave., an employe of the munici- pal railway, was struck by an auto driven by R. A. Lawrence, 9624 56th ave. 8. Hammer was run over by the car, receiving a possible fracture of the skull and severe body bruises. Lawrence took Hammer to the city hospital and then told the police that he had failed to see the man, as his car had no lights at the time of the accident. Hammer's condition had not been fully determined Tuesday, but physi- cians said that unless he took a turn for the worse, he would probably re- cover, ARRANGE FOR BIG CONCLAVE Arrangements for caring for 40,- 000 Knights Templar who will visit BULLETS FLY, SEIZE WHISKY. 4 Bullets flew in all directions late _ Monday night, during an exci chase thru alleys and dark streets in the neighborhood of Minor ave, and Stewart st. which ended in the capture of G. M. Morgan, 36, and Peter Johnson, 42, by the police, and the seizure of a sack of bonded Scotch liquor. Patrolmen George Reynolds, 0, Li — Reddin and Robert Kernan, while lying In wait for an alleged dope ps: dier, observed the two men drive up _ to the apartment house in an auto, Johnson and Morgan alighted the sack of liquor and started for the door. i At this point Reynolds leaped out and commanded them to halt. Mor gan and Johnson fled down an alley. Reynolds fired repeatedly at them, — and Reddin circled the alley to head them off. Seeing the tow men aj 4 proaching on the run, Reddin made a flying tackle, and men, policemal and booze were scattered in fon over the’ street. CARFARE shuttle Corporation Coun- incorporate the It will como the mayor “The council is hindering my this problem, 1 would gladly vote for a bill sending the entire council on a fishing trip for two months, on full pay.’’ Benjamin H. Petley, candidate for council, said that the weekly pass plan with a higher fare will’ give greater service to car riders and re+ turn an equal revenue. While under the proposed ordinance 16 is the maximum number of rides to patron may obtain for a dollar, at Tacoma and other cities under the pass sys: tem patrons obtain as high as 27 rides for the same amount, Petley claims, Petley believes the approv- al of the ordinance has paved the way for passage of the weekly pass plan on the street car lines, Officials’ Here ot on Inspection Trip RB, H, MeDermott, secretary of the congressional committee on postal service, accompaniéd by Peter Me Gurtay, acting superintendent of mails of New York city, and Albert Kirman, superintendent of the divis. fon of money orders of New York city, will arrive in Seattle Thursday on a tour of inspection of the post office of the larger cities of the coun. The possibility of a new a reer postoffice for Seattle will be discussed with Postmaster C. M. Por: kina and other Seattle postal officials by the visitors, Seattle in 1925, at the 96th trien. nial conclave, were being made at the New Washington hotel Tues- day, under the direction of Leonidas P, Newby, grand master of the order, Newby arrived in Seattle Tuesday, accompanied by state commanders from 15 states and was later joined by 80 other high officers of the Knights Templar. A committee on hotel accommoda- tlons was formed and went into ses: sion Tuesday morning, mittee wili decide whether or not the great githering can be reason. ably cared for in Seattle hotels, ‘The other officers arrived, out of breath, ind handcuffed the patr, tale ing them to the city jall, where they were char eed with violating the city lquor ordnance, Both were released on $100 bail. This conk - and Dealer Both have Confidence in “SALADAT =I A. Hence the tremendous Demand. “The most delicious Tea you can buy” JUST TRY IT. R. & H.C, COOK, WEST 4073, ELL.0350, DISTRIBUTORS. ;