The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 13, 1923, Page 9

WEDNESDA PRESIDENT OF CHINA FLEEING Revolt of Troops Feared; Foreigners Seek Safety BY RAY G. MARSHALL PEKIN, June 13, — President Li Yuan Hung fled from to Tien Tsin this afternoon, f an uprising by dissatisfied Chinese troops, Pekin, the capt tal of therh China, is left without a government as a re sult Many foreigners are entering the legations for y. Wt bs that troops, who have not been pald for months, will start rioting and looting rc a F ty of med revolt 5 s polit mn Hung ain off rament Tsin was has Fog Yut command: and Wang that with i return to threat e the treasury is empty troops ean ly be restrained. at the with the ations we ra and fune t Pekin unti atic condition ex t, either In tely, failed to reveal ad left the presidential h ho one can gov: governed in China, 4 troops threatened to 1 it was this that abdication of Li without wh Flight of the president and fear of an impending reign of terror by troops, follows discus sion by the powers of a demand upon China for indemnitles for the kidnaping of foreigners by Shantung bandits May 6 The last of these prisorers who were taken into the hills after the Shanghai-Pekin express had been wrecked, were freed Tues- day. Foreign diplomats rd, that all the upon recelpt nationals were negotiations to should be ‘or the out. 1 what steps the govern- capable of taking to safe- guard foreigners against similar oc- currences in the future. The brigands who perpetrated the kidnaping of more than a score of foreigners, including’ Misa Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr, army officers and their wives, at first demanded $1,000,000 ransom. Later they compromised, reeing to rel their prisoners provided © bandit band be taken back into Chinese army. It is this army which fs feared to be on the verge of running amuck in the capital, Some troopa, notably the Christian Chinese, are well disciplined, but many of the soldiers have gone months without pay and are said to be desperate, TOKYO FEARS CHINA MENACE TOKYO, June 13.—Action by the Japanese government to protect Japanese citizens In China was re- quested by the chamber of commerce today. Drastic steps were urged. Anti-Japanese demonstrations were reported increasing in China and the situation on the Yangtze river was Tesaried as serious, What cougse the government will Pursue has not been decided. of w nt HERE’S MORE ABOUT FRIEND AL STARTS ON PAGE 1 manly visitors, who included Ray Yaylor, Frank Ritchie, Frank White, George Lewis, Fred Lansing and Harry Greenic, were then escorted to the immigration station, where they were put up for the night. The charges preferred by the; for the night's lodging and nment of their gvests were glegal charges of possession, transportation and of liquor. The men evidently enjoyed. their hosts’ company, for they remained as their guests Wednesday and may be in their custody for a long time to come. It was one of the most successful raids ever staged atthe pro- hibition workers, One “ay? in Court on Another Charge Frank Ritchie, one of the men arrested Tuesday night at the Sayoy Hotel by, federal prohibition agents on charges of possession and sale of liquor, appeared in federal court Wednesday ‘morning to plead to an old case that has been on the ree- ords since December 11, 1922. On this occasion Ritchie was charged with possession of 35 bottles of liquor. He was fined $400 by Fed- eral Judge Cushman Wednes:- Po Ray men sale by Taylor, another of the. six rrested, and said to have been associated with Ritchie in the 1922 cane, also appeared in court. His case was dismissed, Weather May Stop Survey Air Trip) 13.— Ad- | WASHINGTON, verse weather conditions threatened {o prevent Lieut, Rus sell L. Maughan starting a “sur- vey” flight from Bolling field here, in preparation for his daylight-to- dark transcontinental flight to be made Jater this month Maughin arrived here last night from New York and exp 1 to hop off today for Dayton if weath- er conditions improve. June today and American} HERE'S MORE ABOUT SHELBY STARTS ON PAGE 1 but who really j¢ girl in the town. apy fel is quite a That ance of & ppery Guile the ma riding be might nave Just And the wuld as ridden cc merry have been on go-round th corn his seems unlikely be netting of nature Is 40 dire June sun is so sincere airle gophers are The n't play-gopher hills hills around shelby natural arena with those hil Shelby of pe are that colored, that lumpy when the sun is just right, it brings ut thelr and their purple nd thelr It changes the hills int strewn velvet ommon in Second ave win the r Sacks © Dem that barren, Or again green auve. artistically dows, SAPNESS IS BROUGHT BY CIVILIZATION Around Shelby, M tinuous golf-course with no ne of shouting Half t sin Shelby jis being brought here by clviliz Being brought here by tumble-weeds of the states, nat ain tribe of Individua: blow along the twt tumbling, ‘tl | some place omaity ohe today on. he who and they catch on a fence Two thousand of them t Shelby. They earth camo LAUNDRY A band-printed sign on a tent, tubs outaide, and a clothesline reaching to {a post on the main street | RED ONION A lunch counter that |hamberger (xpelled like | dogs, coffee, lettuce and (spelled like that). advertises that), hot} Umberger | PAVILION TONIGHT DANCE o- Interspiashed in the sign | strous dabs of green, pict terns, perhaps. | are mon ures An openair place where cots out on the prairie sell for the night. | POSTOFFICE | ° ° Crowded to capacity for “general | | delivery.” Among thé «ruts in the| road before the postoffice is a doll buggy that has just been run over by a@ brick-wagen. There is more to Shelby, but it’s changing so fast It's a blur—a blur symbolized by hammers, p= Se EN SO HERE’S MORE ABOUT BULGARS Pj city and r | sling | second | ropes STARTS ON PAGE 1 YY and Belgrade still hint at any Im- portant counter-revolutionary success by hill tribesmen, who were reported yesterday to have pushed close to So- fia. (One unconfirmed report said) they had entered the capital and were conducting « reign of terror.) Ministers of Serbia in various} capitals brought to the attention of the allied governments yeuter- day that the new government ix mobilizing troops far in excess of the terms provided in the treaty lof Neuilly. The treaty permits the| mobilization of only 20,000. | The ministers declared that in the event Bulgarian mobilization on such a scale continues, Serbia will be compelled to protest. Serbia now has several divisions stationed along tho frontier and reinforcements wit be dispatched | immediately, {t was reported. eee Fighting Continues | LONDON, June 13,—"Some fight-| ling is going on in the Plevna dis. trict (Bulgaria) but the government | lis dealing quickly with uprisings, la british official dispatch from So- }fia, based upon reports of the new |Zankof government, announced this | afternoon. The dispatch said the govern: |ment declares the agrariang have \nccepted the situation and that the peasants are “busy harvesting.” ‘DOPE. CASE TO | REOPEN TODAY | Michael Cohen, wealthy owner. of the Ploneer safe deposit vaults, and ‘Thomas Spellman, longshoreman, were to go on trial for the second time in federal court Wednesday, charged with the violation of the Harrison narcotic act. Witnesses for both the govern. ment and the defense have been subpoenaed and it is believed that a | verdict will be reached in thix trial, A jury disagreement resulted in the first case, A prominent witness for the de- jfonse, N. F. Caswell, federal depart: ment of justice agent at Juneau, will testify for the defense. David J. Taylor, star witness for the gov- ernment, had not been located Wednesday. Aw in the former case, Coben and Spellman will base thelr defense on the grounds that they believed they were nssisting government agents when they sold a large \quantity of narcotics to a federal lagent, believed by them to be a drug dealer wanted by the au thorities, In hibernating animaly the power of generating heat with their bodies is slight, / }leg and save my in Plevna District |’ “BUCK” ON CARNIVALS W.C.T.U. Protests But Can't Find Person to Blame © every And carn val at Fifth « " enora st, that gets the benef the M e carnival nder rating the Cit Feder adopted @ reso lution deploring the operation of the grounds that. both ambling law 1 ated daily at th Then the ation carnival on t are leged to b pleasure park sent a copy of the resolut and the presi I closed up t Chiet yns Wednesday And I had the Moose lodge neck, ‘Then Councilman Bob th sald he and C Lande val and fou so they grant mayor nell whole ilwoman thru the ear all right to had gone hing them a id ever SEVERAL GAMBLING WARRANTS ISSUED atterton 1 gamb ot bus ng warra now pending only way to d hoped to came in anted Then the Alki presented a sim xpected to build the proceed: Commur men ur plea, saying ubhouss the B ther with It and now 1ks want tl rnival out seoms a fairly decent carnty But wh Bob a appealingly of controlling vals at's a fellow he » go nowadays. going to ¢ ad sbility these carnivals is upon Hesketh and Mra, Land Mayor § “They granted them a licer It I hay police every resort granted ense comm! of then I'll need 6,000 po A of 600." the | HERE’S MORE ABOUT DARE-DEVIL STARTS ON PAGE 1 pefore the second parachute ned. When I could not pull the pin er 8 “I saw the skyline above my feet and knew my head would hit the water f I waa too busy strug with the pin that held the mrachute to think of any. thing else. I managed to pull the pin with my teeth after two failures with my fingers and the parachute opened, 600 f above the water, FELL 2,200 FEET AT L BEACH, CALIFORNIA “Three years ago above Beach, California, I fell 2,200 fect but likewise my mind was occupied in a frantic struggle to break the which had locked over the top of my parachute and I thought lof nothing else until just before 1 hit, “The parachute opened one-third about 500 feet from the ground and checked my plunge, altho I was still headed toward the ground at a dangerous pace. “‘Here's where thought. ‘I'll sacrifice I lose a leg,’ I the right left.’ My left is stronger and I drew it up under mo, hoiding the right extended to b the brunt of the impact. fortunately, I hit a mudhole, but the velocity buried me waist doep. “I had always said that if I ever fell I would fot myself go head first to be sure of finishing it in- stead of being crippled for life. But I did just the opposite. I strug gled and fought all the way down without a thought except opening the parachute until just before I hit. “People on the ground told me afterward that they could hear mo yelling as I pulled at the hopes. It would be different in a fall from 4 building or some other elevation where a man knew that there was no chance and there was nothing but the prospect of immediate death to think. in such cases that men they strike. Their It is not “It is are dead when fmugination kilws them. the mere fall thru spac Miller is a veteran of Royal Fly ing corps and was seriously injured in a fall in 1918. He enlisted at the age of 16. He broke into the aerial stunt game four years ago on July 4, in Oakland, when a bluff was called, Rather than admit he had nevér made a patachute jump, he borrowed one and thrill. ed the holiday crowd when he jumped from a plane 3,000 feet above the water. But he was more thrilled any person in Oakland. PLANS ON A NEW AND NOVEL STUNT Since then* he has made it his profession and is constantly think- ing up new stunts, Sunday he and Charles Moore will stage a para. chute race from an altitude of 3,000 fect over Lake Washington off Ma drona park, Both racers will jump from the seaplane Bluebird, piloted by Ansel Eckmann, the winner to receive a ducking and a purse of $100. Miller is now preparing a stunt in which he will take off in & gasoline: sat- urated parachute and ignite it as it opens, Hig problem, apparently, will be to reach the water before he loses hia hair. than Hailstorm Damages Crops at Valley VALLEY, Wash,, June 13.—Enor- mous hailstones, accompanied — by high winds, did considerable damage to crops in this district necording to extimates made Wednesday morning, It was gald to be the worst storm in the community's history, uprooting trees and blowing the roofs from buildings, Moone | THE SEATI PASSED 2 STATES ARE LECTURE A FLOOD SWEPT |Parts of Oklahoma and Ar- kansas Covered by Water | By United Press Floods swept across Oklahoma | and Arkansas today, threatening the greatest devastation from wal in 20 years. Thousands of families already have been made homeless as the raging rivers, swollen by tor rential rains in Ka carried lands and sive property damage in Tulsa, Kaw Clty and northern Oklahe Families in the lowlands ni Smith and Little Roe fety before the rapid r Fort ri and the highest water mark # is Arkansas | 18 anticipated in the Rail zone ) the flood hig y and othe communteation wi was paralyzed and able, Wheat en seriously were impa crops have t Tuls history damaged in dren in homes befor a reported the worst floc Four thous jowlands vacated thelr b wirling, murk over them. inundated ¥ were rowln intrict removin, Weat 7 and about ve been put of ai water works hi d pr ix feared. Reports from Kaw City, Okla., stated the entire business dis triet was under water, which surged thru the streets in swift | currents, Red Cross workers are en route to the town. sred a high water tomorrow, I orth Car an toma have be to seek higher ground, In Arkan the Crawford ¢ 1 forced Fort Smith reported ‘ounty levee had brok jen at two points and 18,000 a rich bottom land | Flood stage waseexpected by F Workmen were rushed to rep: levees in Jefferson county and other sections to prevent extensive dam was Waters were rec but at Drury 43 floods, Arkansas City, Kan., hardest hit by the high waters, had 3,000 refu gees to care for today asa result of rampage of the of rehabilitation was well un r way in Arkansas City and Win 4, which have been under martial law for two days . TULSA, Okla., June 1%.—Thou sands were made homeless here today by Arkansas river floods which raged | unchecked thru this section of Okla- | homa. | The entire river bottom between here and Sand Springs, a distance of seven miles, was inundated. Three | thousand refugees whous homes were | swept away by the flood waters were being cared for by relief agencies. The municipal waterworks here was forced to shut down today on ac count of the flood waters, and there was danger ofa spread of from lack of good drinking water, fing in Ka campers’ el were swept ered three-fourths of the town, ac: |cording to advices received here, | Residents were said to be fleeing in boats: A. M. Hutchison, United States weather observer, predicted the river | would continue to rise thruout the j day. Twenty-five miles of thickly-popu- lated territory in and around Tulan were inundated. In somo sections of the city water reached the house tops. Armed zones in jagainat flooded guard men patroled the motor boats to vandalism Shirley Blackwell, negro, was |drowned when he dived from the |Sand Spring bridge and bumped his head on a piece of furniture floating In the flooded stream. ry FLOOD'SWEEPS HOTEL AWAY WICHITA, Kan,, Juno 13.—Forty- three campers’ cottages and a three story hotel were swept away by flood waters at Drury, Kan., a sum- mer resort near here, today. Many narrow escapes wore report: ed among guests, who fled from the hotel in boats, ‘Water in the valley around Dru- ry was sald to be 40 feet deep. — HERE’S MORE ABOUT AUTO DEATHS STARTS ON PAGE 1 struck a moment later and thrown to the curbing. The police are searching for the driver of the auto, G. G. Middlemars, 928 Sint ave., and a woman who refused io give her name, and a man who said he was the son of the woman, were injured in a crash between Middle. mars’ auto and a car driven by 8, Bidemiller, 138 27th ave, N., at 28th ave, and EB. Union &t,, Tuesday night. Middlemars ‘declared he had picked up the woman and the man, who were unknown to him, and was giv- ing them a ride when the accident happened. All three of the occu- pants in the car were bruised. Eidemiller was unhurt, A head-on collision between a Rainier Valey street car and a flat car at the corner of Rainier ave. and Winthrop st. resulted in severe injuries to Joe Coller, 29, of 4200 Adams st, Tuesday afternoon Coller was thrown violently against a seat and fell to the floor, The street car was partially wrecked, Wills $25,000 to Attorney Daugherty WASHINGTON COURT HOUSER, O;, June 13,—Twenty-five thousand dollars was left to Attorney General Harry M, Daugherty by the late Jonse W. Smith, close friend of the attorney general, who committed sul- cide in Washington, according to a will, filed for probate here, Daugherty also shares in soverat small pleces of Ohio property lett: by Smith, ‘ The will leaves the entire estate, approximately $200,000, to friends, rescue |, cottages | * Arkansas river. | diseane | At Jenks, south of here, water cov-| STAR BOUT _ PARK PLANNED wit Be Part of Opening | Program Friday ranged for wonder ful, new ¢ which not as well s the famov aradise val There ¥ eoture park the Fifth and m. Iriday who has m be thus the of First Methodist Marion st at Edmond 8 intimate an trated on wonders de t ut spookers new views of road and « Mean ui park and As ater Will wh White The the and trance the ot be shown. free and lovers of par few" neenes in Y a park section will nment generally nd out-of mountain This ente the put the park in Those enter cars |the parade, for which prizes aré of. should communteate wishing to in with grand marshal + 0031 at Kenwor |DOPE SUSPECT RE-ARRESTED hard I 00 ball King, at liberty th urt fe tly on charges of of raw opium, tody second night by United and being by King that he is ball and escape, polk and federal One of his bondsmen, Frank |, who was arrested recently by ral prohibition agents, asked per on to withdraw as a bondsman | was then ted. His bail, | following his second arrest, was set at $6,000, which he was unable to |ra on net by low « his arrent importing 288 was taken into « time Jate Tuesday States marshals eld In the county was 1 to Jump to rece is now according Bell sworn with {legal use of stamps in sealing bot which he | turing. AWAIT COURT'S | MILK DECISION | Arguments against tho dismissal of the conspiracy eh the Seattle M is to a complaint, co agents eral revenue les of whisky is charged with manufac Shippers’ associa- tors E. mer before tho supreme court at | Olympia Monday. A decision is eag- of, great importance to Seattle milk users, The conspiracy charge wns filed jagainst the milk shippers over a year ago, on complaint that the dairymen were organized illegally in restraint of trade, when they re- fused to well milk to retailers who would not charge a stipulated sum The charge was dismissed on de- murrer by Judge Calvin 8. Hall on the contention that the facts stated did ni pnatitute a crime. Deputy Prosecutof Hammer says that if the supreme court sustains the contention of the milk there will be no method of restrain- ing them from forming a monopolis- trary prices for their product. re HERE’S MORE ABOUT CARFARE ‘STARTS ON PAGE 1 Fitzgerald said Wednesday, Such a practice will save the city between $20,000 and $25,000 a year interest charges that the banks cut fused to cash the warrants, accord- Ing to Fitegerald. ~ There is nearly a million dollars on deposit in various city funds that can be borrowed for short-time loans by the clty departments, as needed. Tho present loan of $125,- 000 will all be paid back next Mon- day, Mayor Brown sald, When it ig necessary to make an. other loan, June 26, the funds will be borrowed from bond money on deposit for the retirement of ap- proximately $300,000 in street rail. way construction,’ which will not be used until 1930, Fitzgerald said, ‘The discovery of this money, late Wednesday, able the council to completely eliminate Seattle banks in planning the finances for the street railways during the period of two years that the rallway will be on a warrant basis, The vote on the two ordinances was unanimous by the seven coun- cil members who attended the spe- clal meeting Wednesday, Council man 0, T. Hrickson and Council: woman Kathryn Miracle, who op- posed the higher carfare originally, were not present at the meeting, e When the children start off with their hiking kits see that their sandwiches are spread with The Energy Spread While a day over hills and dales counts a lot in calor- ies, yet the benefits in health are cheaply bought when the calories expend- ed can be replaced at a cost no greater than the price of Nucoa. ¢ against) tion were made by Deputy Prosecu-| D. Colvin and Ralph Ham-| dealers | tle control of milk and setting arbi-| themselves off from when they re-| 1 erly waited as the cane {9 considered | { FIFTH AVENUE FREDERICK & NELSON | PINE STREET—SIXT fects. are sketched. Cut Glass Water Tumblers Set of Six 95c Cut Glass Water Tumblers, smoothly finished and decor- ated with the popular Grape design. Attractively priced, Thursday — set of six (6), 95¢. DOWNSTAIRS STORE White Ruffled Curtains At 89c Pair Ruffled Curtains, in white only, with 24inch ruffles; 2% yards long—89@ pair. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE Summer Cottage Pillows At 69c Each Inexpensive Pillows in round shape, covered with gay colored Cretonnes, shir. red to center, with large button. Low-priced at 69¢ each, —DOWNSTAIRS STORE 1,500 Yards Gingham At 19c Yard —DOWNSTAIRS STORE | | | | | A Special Purchase of 300 GINGHAM FROCKS | UNUSUALLY LOW-PRICED, THURSDAY: | $3.95 MART Street Frocks of good quality domestic and imported plain and tissue Ginghams in a wide assortment of cross: In the offering are Seven Attractive Styles trimmed with crisp organdie collars collars and cuffs, belts, sashes and pockets. H AVENUE Misses’ Slip-over Sweaters Reduced to 85c sizes in Slip-over in p fancy es and a wide range of Green, Re Colors: ¢ and Black to 85¢ DOWNSTAIRS STORE Women’s Silk Vests t $1 25 Each A We Vests in ribbon nen's Glove-Sill e-top shoulder only flesh-color (some soiled from display), sizes 40-inch White Satins At $1.95 Yard 4 plain tins that very appropriate for the plaid ex in W bar, plaid and check ef- nd cuffs, panels, linene Three of the styles Sizes 16, 18, 36, 38, 40, 42, An unusually attractive offering, Thursday, at $3.95. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE sports and skirts now in the height of fashion. In 404nch width, attractive. ly low-priced at $1.95 yard. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE costumes -piece Glass Berry Sets At 5Oc Set value in y, molded, Unusually good Berry Sets of hea smooth-finished glass, Set consists of an 8-inch Bowl and six 44nch:Berry Dishes. Low-priced, ‘Thursday, at 50¢ set. —DOWNSTAIRS STORE APRONS In a Wide Range of 50 E Thursday Attractive Styles c, 95c, $1.50 and $1.75 Downstairs Store offers shoppers an attrac- tive assortment of Aprons to choose from. In the wide range of styles will be found: AT 50¢: Unbleached Muslin Aprons in Polly Prim style, with two edges. pockets, sash and cretonne Also several styles in printed percales. AT 95¢: Slip-on Aprons in a wide assortment of styles, in light and dark and rick- AT $1.50: Frock AT Aprons of plain color Linenette and Figured Cretonne combined. In smart styles that are as much a frock as an apron, Sizes for misses and wom- en—16 to 44. plaid and checked ginghams chambrays. Trimmed with rack braid; pockets and sash. $1.75: Slip-over Aprons of good quality Renfrew Ging- hams, plaid patternings, ably-fitting with rick-rack and plain braid in contrasting 36 to 44. in attractive check and In. comfort- styles, trimmed shades. Sizes —DOWNSTAIRS STORE FALL FATAL TO WORKMAN Falling five stories, a distance of 65 feet, A, A. Downen, 27, of 616 H, 7th st., was killed Tuesday after- noon on the site of the old Grand Opera house on Cherry st., between Second and Third aves. Downen was working on the fifth floor, hoisting -heavy timbers by a derrick and lowering them to the basement. He leaned over the side to push the timbers clear of the floor, misjudged his distance and fell, He atruck on his head and was instantly killed. The coroner’ took charge of his body. Downen is survived by a widow and two small children BUY PLAQUES IN A HURRY! More orders for University of Washington stadium plaques were received in the first mall Wednesday morning than the entire mailrreturns three years ago, announced Darwin Melsnest, manager of the plaque sale. ' Present indications are that the en- tire 9,000 will be sold by Friday even- ing, he said. Preference ts being giv. en to former plaque holders first, university alumni second and the general public last. 3 Two Ue salesmen met Wed- nesday noon ‘Kt the Butler cafe, where President Henry Suzzallo of the univeralty addressed them, Na- than Eckstein and Melsnest were al- so Nested for talks with several of those selling plaques. Plaques may be sold on the in- stallment plan, $10 to be paid at the time of purchase and $10 more on the first of August, September and Oo- tober, The full price is $40, substan- tially lers than the price of the form- er ones, Tho plaques carry reserved seats to all events in the Stadium, athletlo events and entertainments, during the next three yee Berry and poyltry farms are very profitable. You can find these lands thru the Want Ads, Harding’s Father Has 79th Birthday MARION, O,, June 13.—Dr. George T. Harding, father of President Harding, celebrated his 79th birth- day yesterday in the office of. the Marion Star, where three years ago he received the news of his son's nomination. Dr. Harding declared he still feels like a young man. Scores of townspeople called at the newspaper office to congratulate DK. M. C. MACY Best $2.50 Treatment in Seattle ‘We are one of the few doctors on the Pacific Coast that give the highest grade light treatments. Strictly highest grade treatment for all disorders, No knife, Bring me those hard cases and all conditions of weakness and exhaustion, Why not avoid hospital, danger yus operation, loss of time and strength? Dr. M. C. Macy 1504 3rd Ave,, Corner Pike St. TOUGHER FOR CROOKS!” PARIS, June 13.—Paris police going to be sure of finger prints. To study them better, the dep which magnifies them 10 times b fore projecting them on a table A tempting array of salads in an almost endless variety, spread before your eyos so you can choose the one to suit your taste or fancy. Kept on {ce continu. ously, they remain fresh, cool and crisp, the way salads always should be. And the kind of di you prefer, ‘ Prices are rea sonable, ts ment has installed an apparatus,