The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 7, 1923, Page 1

i= The SeattleStar on. ord TWO CENTS IN =¢ <—= 4 CHINESE DEMAND _ S\O™..3'8\5 MILLION RANSOM! NY ott BUSIN AMERICAN {\S"ho., WE MUST! CAPTIVES | 1) ATTEND TO) ARE SHOT Oriental Bandits Wreck Train; Terrify” Passengers; Carry Foreigners Away Prisoners; U. S. and Britain Intervene) to Rescue Subjects 4 We Owners of the Port of Seattle Have \\ | a Duty of Prime Importance on Tues- bs day; We Must Back Our Commission- B | ers in Program of Progress \ eb lan | (EDITORIAL) PEKIN, May 7.—(11 :30 p. m. Pekin time.)—One million) dollars ransom is demanded by the Chinese bandits for the afe return of the foreigners, including many Americans, The Port of Seattle is the business agency which we people of King county created to build up for us facilities to handle world commerce on a big scale. | |who were kidnaped Sunday after their train was wrecked) "i She RPA | in the wilds near Lin Cheng. 0 : “saphetert bh lee, ak cag spc hatngiiped af Md The demand for the ransom was brought in from th ort in the world. IT HAS Pl T SEAT TLE IN BIG TYPE |bandits by an aged Chinese, who had been taken prisoner) ON THE MAP OF MARITIME TRADE. | with others on the train, but was released upon condition | * Today, as every well-informed person knows, the water) of his delivering the message. he ‘bent hipping business is enjoying a new prosperity. A great! In addition to the million dollar payment, the sek $i coasts) ‘ahd paca vp siontie ip begining! set forth full terms under which this will be accepted. The . ‘ This is Preston Eldred,| first condition is that the bandits be assuted of freedoms We owners of the Port of Seattle (most of us) see this,|ino shot the mibs of his four|from attack by troops while negotiations for the return o and wish to put our city still further ahead in the list of opponents out of the ring|\the prisoners are in progress, great world por |Saturday and was therefore) The second condition is that full pardon be granted” By a fortunate circumstance we have offered us the op-|P7oclaimed Seattle's marble] outlaws upon completion of the negotiations, payment of th PUES Sees ] Reto. f | ‘ ; loa Heats . ree nite champ: He gets « free trip) money and return of the prisoners. 4 W VOTERS READY ROBBERS TAKE Paks: to sake ain at a loss of mi tet soe vee Atlantic City ax a remut|"" "The terms have been transmitted to the government bil ome re | | States shipping board, but to our corresponding advantage, | ~Phota ‘oy Prlés & if iW reported ag certain-that they’ will’ be’ inital | ee rejected. _ FOR FINAL 60 SAFE AND CASH ee on our waterfront and in relation to our industrial, FLDRED WINS B ane Americans a one pe ed / si \jobbing and transportation, facilities. cia poe vies peversument 300 ARE SEIZED a 26-acre tract of land, possessing the most strategic possible | Howdy, folks! Ballot-stuffers | | will meet at 8 a, m. tomorrow | | | | | and march in a body to their re- spective stations. Beass knuckles will be distributed as souvenirs, see That profound silence is the body | politic discussing the candidates. ee With no such apathy as marked the primaries, Seattle ers numbering approximately 9 in “evidence | The price at which we may buy this land is $600,000. eigners in front of them, the was > : Thi -Year- ill} bandits defended — themsely re hers’ cigar store, | Tt is easily worth three times that sum today and’ uncounted dar odie an wil wilh us brisk iretarn rifle fire in Many Americans Includ response to the attack of the soldiers. Among Foreigners Seized BY WANDA VON KETTLER Shanghai reports were that the mornh vot 000 | East Pike st. by cutting a hole One of the candidates, August Toellner, runs an oi! station on the | “re preparing for one of the keenest | Duwamish highway. | final elections ever held in the city, millions tomorrow. Robert Moran, pioneer shipbuilder, the inches in the fl : + man who constructed the battleship Nebraska here, and a} That's nothing; a lot of the other | pussday “i former owner of this very tract, says it is “a wonderful| Preston Eldred, 13, is Seattle's] women captured by the bandits had PEKING, May 7.—(4:30 p. m. # teu have. bee istri ot ieee eit Ps 3 A ¢ arble ¢ »ion, who will rep: | been released s si par orei; polar Sack been distributing | “rhe acquisition of the Skinner & sited in it for sate-|bargain,” and “two million dollars would in my judgment |n{')!* champion, who will represent | een released. At least 10 persons, Twenty-eight foreigners, in- | this city at the first national marble | who escaped or were released by the| cluding Americans, are held a eee va y shipyard as by the ay, thru © the week-end jbe a conservative value.” actin nt in Atlantic City, N. J.| bandits, are now understood to be Bostiees by Chinese bandits, SUGGESTED PLATFORM FOR (the issuance and transfer of bonds; The burgiars escaped thru a rear} We are | H T r . F i |*3 June on their way to Tien Tsin. who wrecked China’s finest ex- | Q holding on Tuesday, in the form c tion, | 1 > " 7 , CANDIDATES |previously authorized will be the|door, loading the safe onto a truck are holding on TueKGay inf . CER ag A oe Observe that simile. . Preston won America and Great Britain to. | Press train in the south what amounts to a big stockholde: meeting. Our port | in a hard battle, fought commissioners have recommended t we use some bonds | the lower baseball fle which we formerly had approved for additional Oriental |") He has « risht ' docks in the purchase and improvement of this central tract |), satus 1,—I have not sought the indorse-| paramount issue of the election, Bond ment of any class or clique. e bu of the Ao! Patrolman Nei 2—I am for the constitution— he building of the Mont-ja. m. Patrolman M. A, Coon. first, last and all the time. lake bridge, to cost approximately | who invest urday In| night intervened in behalf of Shantung province and carrie Woodland) “the American and British citi- | ff 300 men and women passe sr oral zens kidnaped by Chinese ban- | Bers. : question arose] gits, Names of 13 Americans, who The robbery was discovered at 6:50 iesuesx for gated, found the ye 3.—I believe in a more economical | $500,000, and $750,000 for the con-| working £ the basement, had|; ta ; wasn a hand era peel il los The Bri were aboard the t & rk ro ne bad) da ig ON sania wine ; 2 : he British and American lega- fe. train, have administration of our public utilities. | struction of new schools will als0| sawed a section of the flooring to instead. The Oriental docks are not so badly needed now) marbie cham; ; Fivskadabso yan bag antes pia been compiled by the American © 4.—We should not depart from the | -om. before the cotecs b Net th and can be finished later. ah linattiated every haute ernment in the form of a de- | leation here. 4 } f h g gain entrance, Nothing in the store = ; . tans 9.) Which. eliminated sev nUndred 7 ; Be ee ne ee SBOE og cotictinatit tanididates, one aaah tis this | The great opportunity to acquire the shipping board’s| joys ana girls, were held | mand that China must obtain | Dispatches recelved here up of our country. was disturbed but the safe, accord. i " 5 r4 Fs 5 is ~ d & 5 h i a th aptivesand ex- this’ hour” s 4 oe |port commission candidate and twol ing to memberw of the firm tract will not wait; the shipping board must liquidate its| Since that time the question has Srey ai iesne or act aia presto peillate dress’ ontiee Councilmanic notes: Robert B.| contenders for school directors will| phe robbery, which ln’ the affairs and if we do not take the rich bargain now some |e; “Who of thers a Conaiesed grape’ Robert P. Scripps, editorial Gime | ‘elector # aiRdiiees a is sci eataten oT «aL : hur oschbin, ; <f Phete: | scaaemhgead to bé a cook before he pee pag ciaciies bal Richa erp lof a similar nature to occur private shipping concern will be quick to grab it. Tossed Five thousand soldiers have been} the Scripps-Howard newsp of two months, leads the police to| That is the F eee Jout opposition will also be chosen. |i oneve that un ormanined cane ur}. nat is the whole i safe robbers is operating in Seattle detailed to the pursuit of the brig-| #24 Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister ands, and the hunt is now being|°% John D. Rockefeller, jr. vigorously pressed. The government| A foreigner who was killed sue in the two propositions which | Charles appear on the Tuesday ballot. Certainly, if we owners of | CONT mish wa lected from way commission Councilman: The public officer |* Duv city precincts. | will be 4 Seattle ‘are wis a will vi "ES. For we| FROM BEG , who sociies that a neighborhood | V1) ial saill school tax levy witi| Burelars also raided the I the Port oo Seattle are wise, we will pee YES. For we Preston Eldred gave the answer| admits that it is seriously embar- been identified as an English doesn’t nee: sewers. |aiso require the attention of the vot. | MUSen's ejothie store, at Second) have faith in our city’s greatness, confidence in its future, | caturday by winning five games out |fassed in its efforts to round up|by the name of Rothman, . . v and “ine {crs on the long ballo late Sunday | constructive optimism in our hearts. of 16, the outlaws, as the bandits, follow- Don't forget to vote for Li'l Gee| factions both for and against tho |/8ht breaking open a showcase and The games ran something like|im& tactics they, havo pursued ) in Gee for port commissioner. Remem-| yurchago of the Skinner & Eddy tract |*tealine five women's coats, valued) The Odd Conduct of a Familiar this: the past, may massacre their cap- ber, she just loves sailors. at several hundred dollars. (Turn to Page 9, Column 4) are turning out in force to bring 5 . Mackert won the first, Uves if they are sorely pressed by lap tc aucrelaie pbontee favorable -regult f0K7 thelr | 3 : |Group in Our Midst second, Eldred the third, jie Hoopes ea SAE thaw vee AP 2 ide. Oppone: of purchase hav ¥ mA 7) | hile we hav eo 7 iderine » FACTS 2 Mme fourth, Mackert the fifth, th xth is pointed out that one o1 Thi the tt site, Opvonents of tne nurctae ve! PUT ROH ASH, OF |. While we have been considering the FACTS of the mat-|fourth, Mackert the mith, tne sixth | 11% polnted aut that ane of the RY ‘s pa iahge ps ‘ sete {ter in a businesslike spirit, a few persons In our com-!y;.... anuiine "| forwarded by the bandits in their authorized — photo- |tising advising a negative vote, but 1T) I 3 4 | Mackert and Sherman, so was count graph ever taken the sponsors of the purchase are con- | ITE ADVISED munity have been trying to throw dust in our eyes, havejed out. Sherman won the seventh, bre tout me Maal aa fete i that ALLOT of John Smith, , ey yg ition | been 8 ing irrelevs jects i Pausing to|Hidred the eighth, ., Adamson tho] they be free from attack while ne- whose namo is 50 TA AUG Melek oan. teu al tise, vot tba aitctie? a aay sae risks a abate ts Sor odaly aA ae thes LO rinth, Mackert the 20th, Sherman {Sotiations for ransom are in prog-|]| PORT PROPOSITION No. 1 familiar on police |to 8, and by 10 p, m. it is believed| shipyard tract Iso ra dest Rae oN pe Pies) y Ate ° u NEM-| the 11th, Adamson the 12th, the 1ath | P88 To include Skinner & Eddy No. and hotel regis ters, Look .him over carefully— you'll run across his signature fre- ~~ quently, contained in an selves, we find they are all directed by a small grou that the council returns will be in,|advisory ballot submitted nd Belves, 7 8 aul dl y & small Dp. it at due to the fact that voting machines i thé Saattle eaniten ey | This small group is a familiar group. It consists of men | counted out. The 14th was won a Brie thes pea glia tee aye ‘ i ; sate i i 3) 8 schbi m rt rs Ww S ped. is are being used in all city precincts. | ing Trades Council. The council is|Of great wealth whose profits in some way or another, | Sherman, the 15th by Loschbin and of the foreign Pp ri ma: the: ooenty de Se rae : éth by Bldred. (Sines {band of refugees included Mrs, Votes from the county outside s« , may be decreased if. Seattle goes ahead in the|!h? 1th. by Bldred. (Since in the |MNe Of | TAUBENS | Clu 5 a : ‘ a The first story of the bandit at- 2 tract in comprehensive was a tle for everybody, so was of harbor improvement, Yes. PORT PROPOSITION NO. 2 Shall, $850,000 heretofore - sa strongly in favor of the con-| they fe: jattle which will settle the shipyard| struction of the Montlake-Stadium game of “Ringers” the final winner purchase fight will not be in for| bridge jbig, broad way. Mostly they are landlords. In the past must win as many games as thero| Mtr. R, N. Pinger, wife of Major ad Smith's Cove, bonds puns cal some hours after the polls close, | yor port commissioner the coun.|they have always fought the progress of ALL-SEATTLE |are players, Saturday's activities be pooh talees epammae iat oamrenegian | | fap oN oh en cl y sing: oe f# | " 7 , j pie alfic ¢ j j ‘a Stop 8 . aia We wWeihie Mor be Clase: [cll advinex Fichard V. Higbee, and| whenever, they fancied their selfish plans might be in [rime neta a ame ne pt the rney declared the bandits tirea a ||] Yess . thé Menti's Always are.” | F Fi for corporation counsel, T. J. L.\ jeopardy. They represent reaction, stagnation and hin- Eldred, it will be noticed, had four |{Sillade of shots at the train just CITY PROPOSITION A ie Election Tips De ates Ce eons tel draticg, of his five by the time the oighth | before it was deralted. | Building Trades advisory ballot are | Fi *, vhe: . i }OLLS will be open at 8a. m.|| Phillip ‘Tindall, Robert B..Heaketh| Because they are active, because they are organized,| same was over. It was then tho| , When the express went into ; pment. © ; : the ditch the passengers heard Reedy and clone at § p. m and O, 'T, Erickson because they have a big fund to spend, because they are|°*<l'ement commenced. Wis four) ie Mifle ti What This Country Needs: More | For $500,000 Montlake-Stadiuna | binck coffee, bridge bond issue, Yes . sthemtsehat | the rattle of rifle fire on al : The cable accounts of the wedding || geuttie whether they ate prec | | Seas |noisy, it is highly important to us people of King county |(Vnonents ‘Worked no! for themselves abe : SCHOOL PROPOSITION B Of the duke of York and Lady Betty || owners or not, may vote for ety {| MLL LK ISSUE that on Tuesday we all get out to our stockholders’ meeting | one to keep their one member near. BA AS Sip apa ey in pitainge oe eee ea ted Sees Ne eq cone andidaten, on port of se: || IS UP A “ A jour election—that we all vote. Because if we do all eat. the, goat from velnning out. e wat ba ehates peters earn 0 bride's girl friends eried. Hl geopoettions ata’ toe “sctootare | | GAIN vote, of cours it is certain that wo shall decide YES, decide) "trirn to Page'd, Columns) "| of, deraiment. SCHOOL PROPOSITION @ 3 eae Prat diventaea Shall Seattle require the pasteur-| for progress and for going ahead, phiceet iat bh cca The passengers, barefoot and or apeciad: thesosnti 4 their footwear match their complex. Rie is por rag pasted |to become w live fasuo again during OREGON I. W. W. P ED and across ground Httered with Yes se sseeee tons. nets comprising the commercial |} (0 become a live tan | IN CHINA PRACTICED |.) broken stass ze "fay Salis nyt eso tie ing camy | YOU. MAY FIND || ORDERED BACK | “Wenieine nracgoal| cinelarstotefeee ‘We have sold sugar on a margin|| tered voters may participate in || Medical soctety will give its atten. | IT TODAY PORTLAND, May 7.—~After a pro- thing of value, even the eye: so narrow over ils cost to us that || tho cle tion to the subject ut a meeting in| rain kc ey perth Ls AJ. R.A. ALLEN, of Tacoma, || Blasses of several being taken. jon on drainage, commer. rer ” y, 4 we are virtually cial waterway, town, independent || !ts offices on the second floor of the longed seauion of the I..W. W. Joint one of the American officera }| Surrounded by the brigands and FOR COUNCILMEN: Brickson . yee Hesketh ., Rathbun : ie Doanae ‘Tindall . orking for the ia Public Safety bullding, ‘ ey strike committee, loggers in this dls. ‘ ‘ ny {amid scenes of wild confusion, to the ponies At nb ae Len ees Cate ait: || he doctors nad a toadority. of the || 1¢ YOU. Haven't. fotind “the [lense Were! ofderet "to report, er Butny's conantlonat. teultecat | {iusto bt wild yella of the bandits and} Colesrove « time does the com: 44 Feaide We ripe dled DR be larger milk dealers and distributora|}| house or apartment you have |} work today, according to a state. ing aed kidnaping in the Interior || the frightened cries of women ana|{j} Steven pany make a prof- registered voters: outside of dis. || Have lined up in an effort to edu-|| been looking for look over the eed tits Buntagealenee adquarters |) oe China, had practiced medicing || children, the prisoners were hustled it of more than trict No. 1 voters may participate || cate the public to the desirability of Y% of a cent ona t pound, and so far it has been con- offerings that are listed today at Tacoma for two years prior to | Way. in school elections without having || Using only pasteurized milk, They|! 4, gtar Want Ad columns. Reports from many other logging |} the world war. Their captors forced them to regivtered provided they have the || ®@¥ It’s more healthful, that {t pro- centers thruout Oregon and Wash- Ho entered tho service in 1917 |/ March briskly over the rough coun- siderably less.”—M. K. Babst, pres- qualifications of voter vents disease and insures a higher iui red of people have al: ington jndicato that eimildr action |] and served during the entire war, || tty toward the hill fastnesses whgre ident of the American Sugar Refin- ‘Take The Star's advisory ballot, || standard. An ordinan requiring | aah hus been generally taken, A few|] te was discharged and, after tak. || they planned to hold them. ‘The refu- ing company. printed on paxe 1, to the polly || that all milk be pasteurized is to be || Femdy found comfy homes here J) other points report that, altho the|{ ing six months of postgraduate || gees believe the captives were forced \ fi with you, It is a ballot planned || introduced at a later date, || and many more will profit in strikers are gradually drifting back |} work in modicine, he again “en. || to march in the midst of the bandits Avridge Mann's pome today start#, || with the interests of the whole Dairies that do not sell pasteurized |] the samo way. to the camps, no offieial order call-]] tored the service. and has been || for many hours, thru w desolate and we “1 hate to wait.” public in View, milk—representig, it 1s aid, about 10! ing off the strike has beer. pab- |] suitioned at Manilu for tho past || forbidding country, far from roads SCHOOL DIRK Avridge has been eating in one of and habitations, those cheap hash-houses again, see Chinose ratlway officials here re: ceived a report that Miss Lucy Ald: ‘Tho Star will give prompt tele. || Per cent of tho milk supply of the|] ‘Turn to the Want Ad Pages ||Hshed. és two years. phone information on ciection re- || city-—declare pasteurization does not}) ow und see if your home arround the maring transport }) Mis Jano Allen, a sister to sults, Heturne should begin reach. || insure clean milk and that many of workers will remain away from|| Major Allen, is head of the Pubs ‘Toollner Holmes .,. Caster ....66 Our idea of a regular daredevil ts Star office shortly after || the dairies that. sell it require more} |, ¥ there, thelr work until word has been ro-|] jje Health | Nurses’ association |) rich, sister-Instaw of John D. Rocke: | I] Grater a3: A fellow, who plantevhin entive.gar|| pS ie MnOrty after |) i ttention. trom. health. uthoritios ceived from other Pacitic ports to-1] state in tacoma, feller, Jr, and Miss. MaBayden, have | {J THererim (urn thn those: which sell raw, milk, garding the action to be taken, : (Turn to Page 9, Column 5)