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[—} rm wo = ——] = ow = =a re FATAL TO MAN Threw Kerosene Into Fur- | nace; Can Exploded a Burns which ho recelved Tuesday at Rothell, when ho threw a can of | Kerosene into a furnace to make It} ERAA Mxan caused tho death of Yohn Russo, $3, in tho Seattle Gen: | eral hospital Wednesday night. | 7 Russo, according to the coroner, | Was working on a building outside | ‘the city limits, on the Botho!! road. complained that tt was too cold tried to fix the furnace fire by Kerosene on it, ‘The flames igited the quid, causing an explo- ta “Russo was thrown to the ground | er With his clothing afire. He leaped jattair was be HERE'S BRIDE START complet probe of the myster un, Mrs, Dombeck claims that her daughter was only 1%, altho she gave her ago as 18 when obtal ing tho license to Dep on ox mining the records, four the marriage to be regular, Mrs, Dombook said sho did not know of the girl's romance until after the wedding, Dragging a we owning of the river since the December 5, for m on has Vealed no trace of the girl's body. | Parks sald he swam tearing hi way thra tho sido cur: ashore a ins of the machine as it sank, s is said to have been res wed Byers, tinent of justice operatives, reported | | While clinging to somo debris in the MORE ABOUT MYSTERY SON PAGE 1 pusjwhich the girl addroswed to her mother from tho Alder hotel, Port land, Tt was the only moxsago re celved by the mother after the girl Kor Hotel, Doe, 5, Portland “Dear Mother: We are it Portlhnd and are golnis to leave Tuesday for California, Went to Manchows and they were sure surprised to hear I am married Well, mother dear, 1 will seo Stanley when I get to California and will see how ho is getting along and will write home if he is all right or not, Did not havo time to drop in and say goodbye, Well, mother, I will always write By.| Nome and let you know how I vea| 2% getting along, I hear you don't feel mad about mo because nd nore ftor | to his fect and dashed outside, | river, OY Vaio ttt palates rag chee ma's nein sshoa ue Tt has been discovered that writing, for I am in a hu clay fous ty shortly after the mishap Parks | for it iv late, #0 will close, Will ‘stg Gt his companions tripped} called a woman at some unknown not ‘eave address, for I will not ees tee, im Into @ akch ANd): piace and told: het af ‘the acok | = ee eye ee et eae Smothered the fire with blankets, He| gent <a r (Signed) t és yers, to ter *A bag pudding the King didst maki ey And stuffed it well with plums; | And in it put great lumps of fat Christmas plum pudding has | | th | th da “tfurther immortalizes the |! ding and tops it with neh hard sauce so utterly } burg, Ore., had The men are also sald to have stated they were glad “that Mrs, Was not with them, too, Parks” as she would likely have bee drowned, Stanley Dombeck, clear up what he ry, brought Fr who camo bh the following let Wednesday, The decision was made by the orities after Investigation ¢ mother’s story. Mrs harged that Beyers and ughter were {legally married, dding Ucenso having been ed by representing 1 ing of ag rs ect girl ting attorney » since ‘3 and the ean of the mys December n uld not identify them as his The back of the car was here|torn out in lifting it, which could have permitted the body to have been ne ter, *% ‘ABERDEEN OFFICIALS WILL NOT TAKE ACTION IN CASE). - tore : 2 9 9 |e president of the Stack Ad. ABERI , Dee, 13.—No action 14; Leo, 11; Effie, 9; Marian, 19 pre generations been cele-| 4? 5 : | vertining agency of Chicago, arrived ied d wil be taken against Robert Byers | months: Needeaenascnvone ance: caveye in_story an SONG. | ror the alleged abduction of Jo-| John Dombeck, father of tho| ‘Tuseday night, Gable ceclared, ict a his Christmas Carol, |,cchine pombeck, 17-year-old Aber fo 19 a fireman at the Dono- | aiers patrolling the streets peleed the Dickens immortalized “ the deen “girl, who was reported | ¥@? mill mayor and police force of Monterey | tomobiie in| and threw them into Jail, taking ac: | eeicing singing in the|drownea when the automobile. tn tive control of the attsirs of the| |town and Willlam J. Parks, plunged into : |the Witlamette river,” near Hargs: An ominous quiet prevailed in| FEAR HE'LL DE ot Dombeck ver| Assailant May Face First! ob-| Degree Murder Charge | ea | had TACOMA, Dec. 12 Seriously wounded in the abdomen, sljght hope was held out today for the recovery “kept company” for a considerable | opp i : eins, that had it. been jtime, ana she would have reach ae i served with the famous |+ coogi age within few | porhood quarrel late Wednesday af ny weeks, ho would not be justified tr pp ae iggy semen $pudding King Arthur didst | aunching action. to arrest B: eee Say ™ake”—the poet’s song | MARRIED AT HoQUIAM iwould have been longer. pLet the NUCOA plum pud- »: Sh . Basie in your kettle” 2 Christmas, and listen a a family Christmas Carol |™ {Sauce is served. 17 copy of Nucoa Menu and} = Recipes for Christmas Din- |, alted Nuts. Ask for booklet ™ “From Soup to Nuts” $ Address The Best Foods, Inc. | Bryant St, San Francisco, ( Cal. | thi iv reeelved and I quaim when the NUCOA Hard m2" Write today for your free |B", witnesses to the While in Aberdeen Byers clatmed to be a government a ith i. en oe es soos 2 Pe Mra. NOV) arried t Moi ar obtal being o r, was fraud veause of her dau years of ago Mrs. Elmer friend of B: Libby, wife of and Mrs, marring according to Mrs. rl. The reported death of the daugh- © of Elmer necret service Dom- held in the city Schonebaum told the pol questioning that his nelghb: |live tn adjo had Jatt, © under they the tide. Leo nebaum with gun in hand uting Attorney sht sald ned nly | approached 1 i threatened t clared he kill him ed toward ch | baum, red five times, only three of the bullets taking effect. Despite his wo ds, grap 1 his assailant fought he had torn the weapon from mebaum’s hand and hurled it ass. Weakened by wounded man fi Ho a wa lona of per r was a severe blaw to Mr, and/mitted his assailant to break away Dombeck, who have worked | from him. Schonebaum himself has and struggled for 3 to give|a scalp wound bruises that seem eir children a home, to coroborate Steiner's story. Dombeck, oldest boy of} is now in Oregon, seck-| Better results from Star want ads. ing to locate his sister. Just phone. MA in-0600 and you will The other children are; Helen, | agree Perteerr titre es 2, sacks or Black Diamond Lump | for one dollar —this week only : H ; ‘ For one dollar, two one-hundred pound sacks of Black ' Diamond Lump will be delivered to any address in the £ y * ‘ city. This coal is guaranteed to contain less than 4% ash ‘ —less than any other coal on this market; 13,800 heat 4 units per pound—more than any other available domestic ' or foreign coal, and yet it costs less—because it is mined . ’ : virtually in Seattle’s back yard. Under our special offer ; iw ' —this week only—you may obtain two sacks for one dol- , y y lar. No more than two sacks to one address. Telephone i i your order to us or our district dealer today. ij i ‘ Arms & Scott, Elliott 0298 Henry Heckman, Elliott Wood & Coal Co., q rt Ballard Transfer Co., Sun- 1517, Mi 3752 eld 1315 ‘ t 0027 Hill Fuel Co., Beacon 2920 Puget Sound Fuel Co., West : dian irddc goed Cae Keating Fuel Co, Elliott Seattle Coal Co. Melrose ” # 0654 o14i 4 1 0186 ’ ' Nceacie’ We Peabody, Caiicl MaléAass’ Wene., Rpapodd: "trate Coe Weed j 1212, Main 1515, E Lat Spring Hill Fuel Co., West ; 0474 McMullen & Co., Melrose 1650 é ' Emil Carl, Rainier 0122 0028 Sunnyside Coal & Wood Co., J. A. 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Dom-| MEXICANS WAGE STUBBORN FIGHT Decisive Battles Rage Under Cover of Censorship LAREDO, Texas, Dec, 18 by m drastlo censorship, the decisive battle of the revolt against President Obregon were reported under way to: day reened Well-equipped revolutionary forces who last night were closing in on }La Wedad, in Michoacan, aro ve lieved to havo clashed with the f eral garrivon, according to advices from*Do La Huerta headquarters at Vera Crus, The fate of the Mexlean capital hung upon the outeome of the battle, thoso dispatches sald, | Fighting“also was reported in pro: | creas in Coatotalapam, where rebels |under Gen, Garela engaged fedorals. |Spaamodic clashes between roving |revolutionary bands and fedorat [troops also were reported thrpout | the southern half of Mexico, Perfecting thelr hold on the state revolutionary authorities today plan |ned the reorganization of the entire | Judiciary, ‘ Magistrates of the old regime have |beon suspended and a new attorney | gene 1 will bo named within « fow lays, dispatches from the De La Tuerta press bureau at Santa Cruz | atated. Bringing a tale of chaotle condi. ns in the interior of Mexico, | Monterey, he said, and many Ameri. cans and other foreigners are leay. jing. ‘There are practically no tour. | |!sts in Monterey, usually a thriving | | winter resort | Charged with a secret mission of |the Obregon government, Dr, Ramon | Ruis, member of the recent “recog. jnition conferen parsed = thru | Laredo en route to Washington. He Jrefused to divulge any information | |regarding his trip. OBREGON NOW ON THE FIELD MAN SOUGHT IN HUGE SWINDLE $5,000,000 Oil Fraud 1s|Witnesses Testify in Case} Charged to Operator Against Phil Fox CHICAGO, Deo, 14, A world ATLAN Ga,, Dee, 14.—Clar wide search was p#tarvead today for A. Hiverett, firat witness, was 8 Korete, reputed millionaire, | oajied in the trial of Phil EB. Fox, charged with opernting $0,000,000) rity director of the Ku. Ilux “oll swindle,” State's Attorney Robert 1. Crowe took personal charge of a raid on Korete's offices, occupying an entire floor of a downtown building, and after a preliminary investigation, an: noupced he would enlist the ald of police in every city In tho United States in a search for Korets, who haw been missing for more than a week, Dencriptions of Koretz ‘were flashed out to sea by powerful radio stations In New York in the belief that ho had gafled for Europe, Investigation of Koretz'a opera tions was started when I, 1, Mat: | thewas, an attorney, complained to| Crowe that ho lost $40,000 tn ono of the man's latest oll promotions. Scores of wealthy ahd socially prom: Inent men are believed to be victims of Korets's swindles, Ono man lowt $200,000 in a promo: tion scheme, Crowe maid he learned from records in Koretz’s office, Koretz, according to Crowe, his friends he owngd 1,000,000 of land in Panama,’on which est oll" had been found Bayano trust, of Panan waa the name Koretz used in connection with this project, it was sald, Koreta's operations, Crowe covered a period of five years, Formerly & member of a promi nent Chicago law firm, Korets was a | member of several exclusive clubs, | and his personal acquaintainces in- eluded hundreds of Chicago's Coast” millfnnatres. told wald, forces of Adolfo De La Huerta Dispatches recelved here ntated| Obregon wan conferring with his mil itary leaders at Irapuato, planning an extensive attack on the rebel} forces, Secretary of War Serrano will] leave the Mexican capltal today to re-| view the troops who will leave for| the Vera Cruz front Squadrons of federal government | airplanes are making Sights over the territtory held by the revolutionists to map out a plan for campaign for the Obregon forces, repo: according to the] LISBON CABINET OUT SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Dec. 12] LONDON, Dec. 13.—The Portu Preaident Alvaro Obregon has taken] guese cabinet realgned today, accord the field aguinst the revolutionary | ir dispatches. | Read Below Announcement to the Public Mr. Max Neft announced on Nov. 2, 1923, to the peoplo of Seat- He and the Northwest the inten tion of the Neft Jewelry Ca, to retiro from business and close out the entire stock at public sale, so an to devote his entire time to the manufacture of the farpous Neft Safety Knife, The public's response to this sale has been very satisfactory and the volume of business has exceeded our expectations. The Neft Jewelry Co, wishes to take this opportunity to thank the public for its patronage, and hopes it will continue through the re- maining days of the sale, as even greater values than before are to be offered, Fine Wrist Watches in white gold and yellow gold at the lowest prices in the city. $17.85 shape and oval justed, 18k solid rectangular shape, 1i-Jewel, a white gold 00 white gold, fine lever 0.00 Elgin, Waltham and Hampden, $11.85 $25.00 Men's Waltham Military Wrist zo-year cases $15.95 00 Men's Military Wrist Watches, cg $9.45 radiolite dial Other Fine Watches Greatly Reduced Rifles and Shotguns All standard makes of Shotguns, Rifles, Pistols, Automatics at Big Savings. 20 caliber and # mn. 4 QE $11.85 $12.85 $14.85 ie $24.49 98 Smith & Weason Specials, 4, 5 and $26.95 Maurer Rifle with t's Target German Reduced Prices Shotgun Shells ston high bare O-gauge high grade 65 65c 50c ngs on All Makes munition matic Cartridges, Hig Go Open Evenings The N'eft Safety Hunting and Fishing Knives would make an Ideal Gift. ey, The Biggest Values in GENUINE DIAMONDS Of Fine Co or and Brilliancy, Ever Offered Before ad, set in Ladies’ Solid Gold King. . D . $5.95 $19.75 $28.75 $46.50 $69.50 eral fine stones weig to 8 karats at very low 00 Diamond Rings $100.00 Diamond Rings We have ing from 2 prices: Men’s Watches AT BIG SAVINGS All old filled gold cases; timekeepe Elgin of Waltha thin model Figin, n $10.95 Waltham and Hampden, thin 14.85 Hampden, linois, $17.85 60 solid gold enae, 17 movement Mk gold hunting j $65.00 FT JEWELRY Co., inc. Open Evenings 1000-1004 FIRST AVENUE, Corner Madison Street |... Mail Orders Fi |was taken from Fox when he | cupt KLAN MURDER HEARING IS ON Klan, charged witn murdering W. 8. Coburn, attorney, today told of nell- ing & long dirk knife to the accused man, Jverett ts a clerk in a sport Ing goods store The knife, the state contends, one found in Fox's pocket a few nec onda after Coburn was shot down in Nin office, The witness stood up and pointed to Fox as the man who had pur- chased the knife, A. EB. Wilson, nlain attorne a partner of the waa tho next witnens He told of the visit of the publicity director to Coburn's office and de tails of the arrangement of ‘turnt- ture in the room Wilson said he heard five shota in rapid succension after Fox went into Coburn's private office. Dr. Hf. B. Stockbridge; in whose arms Coburn died, deseribed the death scene SLAYER'S ACTIONS ARE DESCRIBED W. A, Jones, manager of the build ing wif¥re the shooting occurred, told of Fox's actions after Coburn was} | killer “T had to do tt, Thad tt to do,” Pox kept saying, according to the wit we. Ho testified that a large knife was caught Jones said he saw Fox had been drinking. Mrs. M, L, Heyman, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was in the office when the shooting occurred, said Fox talked with Coburn a few minutes and then | evidence that THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 What's in the Air || THURSDAY, DEC BER 13 KFIC—7 p,m; 8 p,m KHQ—7:40 to #:30 p, m |] KFHR—1 to £90 p, m pu Shei es OR | SELECTIONS rKOM Vv constituted mner's | thi “Tannhaeuser pro gram of a songtest In which 2 versity of Washington students par. | da | ticipated at Meany hall Wednesday evening. payment payments, down and «mall monthly | ac urn to the Want Ads |: now, | enter to the to br ,Democrats Refuse to Enter Combine VABHINGTON, greswiven against sbiiean: Pee rate today de ti: % coalition 12a, 13.—Senate y refused to with wenate pro. administration pe. Senator Rotinnon, democrntic leaq. 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One shot passed so close to my face I} fell back in the chair and got out of | | the way. “When the shooting stopped Cap. taint Coburn slumped down in nd fell to the floor,” Heyman calmly © under eamed when his told of her nd how Fox started down | Mrs, Heyman took tho same post tion at the Coburn desk she had oc 1 the afternoon of the killing 4nd ‘partially re-enacted the acene Tremendous 49c 69c 59c $1. ae Straight Razors, from Drawing $12.50 Army and Navy $4 95 rade Binoculars Other Fine Glasses Greatly Reduced bottle; keeps $1 69 Auto Strop dozen Savings on High- Grade Field Glasses snes epewat high $24.45 Hoewer Binccalare-,.. $69.85 Pint Size Vacuum Bottles 79¢ Cutlery Greatly Reduced 39c. $1. “98 cree $3.95 ah AAASARAERSA nna cited Big Savings on Alarm Clocks and 8-Day Mantel and Chime Clocks $2.45 $2.45 $1.49 $2.25 $8.45 $9.85 Guaranteed Big Hen and Baby Ten Clocks 1 S-day Mantel Clocks Seth Thomas 8-day Clocks from A Big Variety Useful Gifts, Values to 85 to Be Sold a $1.85 Gold Tie Pins, Neck Chains, Cuff Links, Watch Knives, of Solid Gold Solid Cigarette Charms, Chains, Sracelets SRE EES , Lockets, illed Same Day Received, on Receipt of Money Order UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM | | m= We Leaves Seattle Ar. 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