The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 8, 1923, Page 9

TUESDAY, MAY CHINA BANDITS WILL SEE ENVOY Negotiate for Release of Foreign Hostages PEKIN f southwest Shantung day's valid on the who has gono rea unofficially represe ese government and for MOST SERIOUS EVENT SINCE BOXER REVOLT Diplomats are meeting toda: c ide what steps are to be taken re garding the bandits’ demand for $1,000,000 ransom and other tributes. The diplomats regard the kidnaping as the most serious event the Boxer rebellion. Tho ba: mobiliz since 8 ure belleved to b It is reported that they demand reinstatement of their former positions and will lease the captives if the Ch ment ‘urther soldiers © ROY them ba the agrees to t reports coney ating of two Amwric nglisher © telegraph being monopolized by ment sending tot three nc ‘oops, The fore t outlaws used t ainst the bullets of attack troops. 1 wery permitted y fell ¢ ed. ROBERT SCRIPPS NOT ON TRAIN Robert P. publish ripps, Am: . who was first the can news. paper re ported to have been on train captured, took a arrived in Pekin Allen and Maj. Roland Pinger of the United Stutes urmy are still among the captives, with their elder sons, while their wives and younger sons are believed to have been freed. which was train and Maj. w. Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of !” John D. Rockefeller, Jr. leased with the other women, having concealed her identity so she would not be detained for special ransom. Miss Aldrich is proceeding to Tien ‘Tsin. ring frem the et fects of her experience, but is not seriously: 11 Scripps, who reac the attack on a later train ond in terylewed persons who had been seized by the outlaws, said he found difficulty in t trut and separating facts from rumors. ‘There were many contradictory sto. ries and unconfirmed rumors in clr. culation. Scripps, who made acareful study of the situation, advised the Ameri- can legation here he believed that foreigg the bandits to defend them- selves against attacks at this. time might cost the lives of hostages. He suggested negotiating with the brigands, now, and taking punitive aetion after the forelgn prisoners have been released. The situation now requires the most careful hand- ling ih every way. ENVOY STARTS NEGOTIATIONS All those who have been released say they were not brutally treateg, and that, so far ax they could see, none of the other prisoners were ac- tually harmed by the outlaws. It ix feared, however, that the ban- its may abandon this policy if driv. en to desperation, Anderson, who ha# departed for Lin Cheng to start negotiations with the bandits, was born in this coun- try and is known to the brigand chieftains. He is considered emi- nently qualified to undertake the delicate task. Altho he is acting unofficially, he has the confidence of the government and foreign lega- tions. His messages are being giv- en priority on the telegraph lines, so he can keep constantly in com- munication with Peking. The Chinese government still lacks any dependable official advices from the scené, because of the unreliabil. ity of the native investigators and messengers. They don't distinguish between the truth and rumor, and have sent back 2 mass of uncon- firmed contradictory reports. was re- She is su ed the scene of HERE’S MORE ABOUT TRUCK ROW STARTS ON PAGE 1 he's afraid of you"? And do you remember how you stood there an interminable period, challenging “Toughey” to “Just step acrost that crack,” and how he chal- lenged you to “just step serost that erack yourself”? And how the conversation went: Dasen't!” “Das't!” “Double dasen’t!" “Double dasen’t yourself!” HAPPY MEMORIES RECALLED HERE Happy memories, but the boy is father to the man. Vor more than an hour Tuesday two grown men, citizens of this great city, went back to their boyhood and re-created the never-to-be-forgotten quarrels of that eurly age. H. M. Brown had driven his Ford delivery wagon down the steep grade of Howe st. Halfway down the narrow highway he met a Ford truck driven by H. McClung. NO ROOM FOR TWO CARS TO PASS: There was no room for the two cars to pass. Both drivers got out. ‘They looked at the cars, they looked at each other. Perhaps the memory of their boyhood fights flashed into their minds. Better back up,” said McClung. Back up yourself," said Brown. I've. got the right-of-way,"’ said MeCiung. “You haven't,”" said Brown. Minutes passed. The two men glowered at each other, The Fords glared into each other's radiator, And or the pretty front lawns of the district housewives gathered and smiled understandingly at the two grown-up children. More minutes passed, All over the elty people went about’ their busl- ness. But Brown and MeClung merely glared at each other. And glared, ) they! fast after * HERE’S MORE ABOUT BANDITS HOLD CAPTIVES STARTS O N PAG t carried take bul that the bandits ad that y ar mauser the captiv into t number abc w med w They told y did not wutomatics that the want jmoney, 0 how * which would MARCIE RAPIDLY TO MOUNTAINS em as |e ransom briganda k We clothes and ¥ ew who ad were baref were ¢ onty ted, We re er stony andits One 2 was “We must have tramp finally reaching an wi camp. un outlaw so [ate in our ther " h was cold all du night only food was bean cakes. We heard firing in| the surrounding hills in the morn- ing, but the bullets did near us. @ remained in the day Sunday. A rains and then the weather turned cold “We marched much of Sunda night and camped In a valley. Thy rain became heavier. We could 1 > bee there wis no she ORDERED TO TELL OF DEATH THREAT “The firing ceased in, night, but was resumed Monda daylight. Then a Chinese bandit ap peaivd, informing us that all the women were ordered released. He ordered me to tell the soldiers that all foreigners would be killed after {three days unless the fring ceased. “We were there not come hills came tine “My back was lame ax a result of falling from 4 donkey on Sunday, but started back for the railroad, accompanied by the conductor of the train, who continually took the wrong road, fearing recapture. “We reached a village of mud huts and stopped while wo ate a bean cake. A Chinese woman loaned on a train, returning the borrowed | garments by a Catholic priest at} Lin Cheng, had difficulty in reaching tbe train, because the conductor first! guided us to a branch. railroad, where we met T. H. Day, an Ameri-| can, and Misa Mathilde Schonberg, | Miss Aldrich’s maid; Mr. Jacobson, | a Dane, and Miss Corelli, an Italian. “The Chinese officials assisted us | in obtaining a mining train to take! us -to Lin Cheng. MISS ALDRICH IS IN HOSPITAL ° | Miss Aldrich and her maid were separated. The last the maid saw | of Miss Aldrich she was accompany: | ing an unknown foreign woman. I assumed because of my information | that the women ‘had neer ordered | released that Miss Aldrich had been | freed. | (Other dispatches say that Miss! Aldrich was ‘released "ond ix in a} hospital at Psi $u, suffering from ¢xpostire.) Mins MacFadden and Miss Schon-| berg were carried from @ train at} Tsinan-Fu and removed to a hos-| pital. Their condition 1s painful, | but is not believed to be seriou | T. H. Day, of New York, gave| |the same general story of the cir-| cumstances under which the cap-| tives were carried into the interior. | “We were marched toward the | mountains,” he said, “and were not provided with food uptil Sunday when we reached a village and the farmers gave us chickens. Then we |proceeded further into the hills.” NEW YORK MAN | CARRIES MESSAGE : | “There were frequent firing in| jour direction, The bandits selected me to accompany a Chinese prisoner bearing a mexwage to the soldiers |that all foreigners would be junless the firing ceased, | “I used B. V. Dis as a flag of | truce while crossing the valley. Some of the bandits, Welieving us to be escaping, fired at but | rifles were not of sui and we were not harmed, “We reached the soldiers’ camp | and presented the ultimatum, writ. | ten in English and Chinese. We} talked with several officers, one of | them promising that he would order | the troops to cease firing. Before leaving the camp we saw a wound-| ed bandit, but evidences of heavy | firing were scaree, “Proceeding on our wi ed the railroad, While i was a cap. tive the bandits shot twice across my stomach to intimidate me. It is reported that they +lapped the women, who were unable to march, but generally their treatment of the hostages was not brutal” would be there until the two Fords collapsed like the wonderful one- horse shay that ran a hundred yeary and a day, but finally a traffic cop was stimmoned, He ruled that the Eckart Plumbing & Heating Co, Ford, driven by Brown, shoul? back up. MeClung, piloting » Coca Cola truck, drove his car up the hil and the silent battle was over, ‘an You beat that?’ of the women spectators, “Just ike a couple amiled another woman, And they went back to their break: dis) asked one of kids w Yo! It iar have bee © being p old f Fourteen men, other nat The depart ¥ Minister Set ference with thi th hand Ttatlan ministers: lities, are nt has beer man the he Portuguese minister an of t matic corp and the Brith it was decided that the dean on the morning of May & should make ur At representations that the Chinese hould at once F and that nr measures the bandits nent did not had artment’s Major All who White tment nfficler Day’s b Now York, t fully White H ble would American 1 Ha Hing House plop » weukne nt at Pe provincial lawle a China ral govern esulted in ne to questions, a White “1 that, Hard American 4 in the interna The president these banker wible to give , o the Pekin gov crame JAPAN WON'T SEND TROOPS TOKYO, May 8 Chinene learned today, request her to. The Japanese government has as certained that no Japanese citizens were among those kidnaped and con unless other nations tHE § WOMAN BOOSTS PHIL TINDALL |! Lauds His Unselfish Record in the Army Tindal! met Mr. T heard much thru my sons, him on the Mexican and also in France, but from other buddi his that I have met from time to time, Myen as a # geant, before whom all the id, My uuble of had of the the ny ish ‘Tindal | the ot will and confidence boys, The boys, howev not like him for the favors granted them, und Fr de but they learned to loy him for the favors he as, however, they were just and and fair to all concerned. in Fr me time Mr ctor‘of camps, noe, I have ent out which brought he knew that the ame en told, in him to man where no one 4 there un hness of the man ¢ 10 front One of had al ny be » been and had arated from trange camp TINDALL, ATE “WITH THE BOYS" Now, then, did Mr reaching a strange towr ‘Tind: up a« half d of but ig robber" to rustle ter in the town, for himesif, ax was! often done by other officers, or did he ud ea he officern’ mean? not! After watching to werved, nd of the he same “gou- He did that every man had he took his stand at the ¢ line nd got his portion of the boys received. | the | ing “Yo ain't it off of Phil} Tindall if it wasn't right, | “He just wouldn't favor anyone,’ the whitest guy that Do you blame them, then, for nay ever H He's got the and the coura, or | or timber of a judge, e of his convictions,” "It didn’t make any difference who your folkn were, or how much money | kot from ho Phil treated you just the » Yours, MRS. EGON. FLEISCHER. HERE'S MORE ABOUT ELECTION STARTS ON PAGE 1 aiders that-it could not properly take | any military actton without a formal request being made. Japan officially stil! maintains the attitude timt she ia hoping against hope that China herself will restore necking election to Office-again on the basis that they have successfully | andied the big utility projects of Je and know their work thoroly Three aspirants oppose them. They order, but js afraid that conditions| are J. A. Stevenson, Samuel-F. Rath. | will gyadually. becomte. worse and may force some form of foreign action. Japan will do nothing now, but some authorities believe it may be China, An unconfirmed report I« in circu lation here that many Chinese dipto- | mats in various parts of the world are preparing to resign because the believe their government rupt. Their salaries ¢ paid, it was reported, months, KRUPP GETS hot been for is bank: | many, | bun and Claire 8. Colegrove. In the matter of selecting a port| EATTLE re tr in re a rm w Ss Election Tips und f of Sentt part pate in Hct mer town, r 1 port of tle 001 lanues e No. 1 ou In district ster 1 voters mi 1 elections munt be of dis parts thout having gintored provided they have the ualifications of a voter Take The Star r don 1, to the poll: It is a ballot planned interests of the whole gistered v fet lsory ballot rinte ith you. ith the public in view ph commissioner, the voters will havel[) to elect between Commissioner W.| me trousers and coat, which I wore| necessary for an international con-|8. Lincoin, president of the port| until reaching the rafiroad, where I) ference to be called to devise a way | commission and a man who has been | obtained clothing from passengers|of preventing complete anarchy in| connected with Its development intt-| mately for 10 years, and four aspir-| Richard V. Higbee, W. J, Mutr . William J, Shinn and August ‘oeliner Oppose Lin Four candidates election to the favor the arged building program. | They are W. Casler, Edward B.) Holmes, ©. 1. Thorgrimson | August Toeliner, Two vacancies oc: | jour ont Thomas for ure alo seeking board. All} e board. | J. L. Kennedy is unop: | posed corporation counsel, and| four ARIS, May 8—( Von Bohlen Undhe tenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and fined 100,000,000 marks today according to a dispatch from Wer den, where he was tried for inciting a riot at the Krupp works. Directors Baur, Scheffer, Schroep. ler and Kuntz, who were associated with Krupp at the plant and tried on a similar ¢ were sente to 20 year h, with individual fines of 100,000,000 marks. Another director, Hartwig, tatay pach Krupp Was sén w fined 15,000,000 marks and two oth-| fined | ers, Gross and Bruhn, 10,000,000 marks apiece, ‘The fine imposed on Bohlen Undbalbach amounts to 27,500 in American money at the present rate of exchange. were Krupp Von HERE’S MORE ABOUT WATERHOUSE STARTS ON PAGE 1 then John B. Hart, for William T. Laube, who is suing the shipping man $188,000 on behalf of the creditors of the bank. rupt firm, will close, it appeared doubtful Tuesday thet the argu chief counsel Killed | ments would be concluded by Wed-| returns on the nesday evening, WATERHOUSE ATTACK T m violently attacked Water in his address Tuesday morn- Referring to different. parts of the testimony when the* shipping man had been grilled on the stand, Oldham said; “He told falsehood after hood. He told you that he did not remember writing this letter to the McAteer Shipbuilding Ce. then he had to admit that he wrote it.” The letter referred’ to was one written by Waterhouse in 1916 jn which he agreed to act as rurety for the shipbuilding concern on con. dition that he (Waterhouse) be given a feo of $5,000. Oldham referred to the meeting of the trustees of the Frank Water: house Co. when the El loxses were assumed by the Frank Waterhouse Go, 8 a “mythical meeting, unrecorded in the minute books of the Frunk Waterhouse Co, because no such a meeting was ever held.” CHARGE HE DUPED JUDGE BOGLE AND 80: Oldham charged that Waterhouse had duped “ig business Associate, Judge Bogle, and had sduped his on, Hayden Waterhouse, and that R. D, Smalley, “his confidential clerk,” was a pawn, He charged that Waterhouse had destroyed one copy of the letter, that Smalley had stolen the tissue copy. contained in " e false: | Aquario erway commissioner in the south | end of the city | While a few organizations, Jong! identified as enemies of public utili: | ty undertakings, have opposed the| proposal to acquire the Ss! « &! | Eddy site, citizens who Hleaders in Seattle business develop: } j ment and clvie life for ¢ |warmly indorsed the project. In-| eluded in the list are all of the fe [mer port commissioners now living. |They are Thomas 8. Lippy, C. | Remaberg. Dr. Carl A, Ewald and rv, W, T. Christensen, EED MAJORITY VOTE ON PORT PROPOSITI | All that Is required to win port development fight {8 a majority of the votes, Deputy County Audi-| |tor Richard Faris announced, ‘The | majority must be given both port ptoposals In authorizing the Stadium bridge bonds 60 of the vote Montlake per cent cast must approve the proposition. ‘Thi me is true of the $750,000 bond iseue asked by | the school board, altho only « major: ity vote is required to authorize the |three mill school tax levy. | Reports from polling places re | ceived Tuesday by County Auditor |D. E. Ferguson indicated that the election will be held without Witeh in the machine Complete ecouncilmanic race | were expected by 10 p. m. Tuesday, Returns on the port project will not be complete until the rural pre- incts report. This may require ad- ditional time for complete returns altho the result can be accurately forecast by scattered returns which will come in when the polls close Tuesday after § p.m Two Are latined in Interurban Crash SAPULPA, Okla, May 8,—Thirty persons were injured when two in- terurban cars collided near Red Fork during the night, secording to advices received here toda the Waterhouse files after they had been taken over by the trustee in bankruptey, and had denied the existence of the letter util the third copy, “which he admitted ho forgot existed,” was introduced, ‘Then, Oldham charged, Waterhouse had to admit the letter was his own, “Bliminate all the ovidenge, eliminate all the rost of our testimony and you must find damages for the plaintiff ow this one letter alone,” Oldham. sitid. Particular stress wax placed by Oldham upon a sheet of figures in- troduced as evidence which the jury will use in determining the amount ‘of judgment due Laube if a verdiot in hls favor js returned, vest of our | with tee Refrigerator if oiling place fain you're in call The Sts 4490. will g Main The ¢ informat Reture, tar prompt tele n on election should begin re office shortly after 1 with pe when Jon him Me VULCAN | Junior Range $25.00 HE cooking top has three burners (two regular, one giant), and a simmer- ing burner. White enamel door panel, burner tray and broiler pan. Model pictured, with 16x 12-inch oven, $25.00. Same model with broi er burner, $28.00. FREDERICK & NELSON andi FREDERICK & NELSON GURNEY (Northland) Refrigerator. mwiy $16.85 $19.50 $28.00 with ice ib, city 1b, eapacity —with jee Front-icing GURNEY (Northland) with: 50-10, lee capacity $30.00 | che amis 839,00 “DOWNSTAIRS STORIE. JEALOUS WIFE KILLS HUSBAND Ends Life After Murdering Her Spouse led him Car and instantly k nd bia p rautlacht ewer when rine Erautlact Jatter A few mi urd a shot, reach the quarters, tw mediately r he ould Brautiac When Yaeger entered the room both husband and wi Jealouny is the motive Yaeger. He sayn that ht had been for 1 mintake band wax tion to other were dead. aneribed bi Mr nome time under jmpresion that her hu pting too much atten women BELLINGHAM, May § Great Northern southbound derailed between Saminh station: but remained boulder had fallen on thy bent the rail. M sengors were on board at the The train and at 3 Monda upright. 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The only positive and scientific protection from moths is afforded by Cold-Dry-Air Storage as provided by cur modern Cold Storage Vault, on the store premises, Moderate rates, which include insurance, —Second Moor rilous ack and |# Rhododendrons Soon in Bloom A bei “hs On ANOTHER COP ON THE SHELF off April 2 Patrolman E, N n, of George if race Johns rated engag in a foot his fellow intert epoc sti em of the upon hie proboscis, hief of Police W. uspended the wn precinct. hime th la two of policemen 0 were capturing him, and # cops ‘ for a 20-da 40d, Johnson's f was inebriated degree when they the city Umit According to ‘ellow to the wuto from ylunge John n him down PAGE 9 200 KILLED IN DESERT BATTLE Italian Troops Engage Fierce Fighting rth Africa, May Sa d natives have been kill Italian troops in TRIPOLI Two hui in fight h desert, dispatches received Nineteen Italian soldiers all dead, are 3 Fierce ting began on May day when « column under Col Rugg upled Telegoras, in an oasis, | kilometers south of Misurata, continued for three days as the Ital ian troopers moved further into tive strongholds. 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