The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 3, 1924, Page 12

P . POSSE HUNTING (: GUNMAN Surround Pal of Dying Rum | Runner Suspect Fol by OKANOGA While Paine, Fronibition Ger en are surrounding panicn. ed Mundt four mou west of C onibit an George Murray nd ae Okanogan, pos Bathe staged between the Wednesday m ons of Ferry coun ture of Mundt ts expected b Saddler and r Romobdile shortly aft Deeday while on border the Kettle river bridge he car was traveling south from ithe direction of Gr Forks, B, C ‘A volley rang out and Murray fell Saddler returned the fire and wound ed Paine, who was later captured In Curlew when brought there by a Fancher for surgical attention Paine was hit behind the ear, The @ullet broke his jaw and lodged near his eye. M'GRAW PEEVED rm trol above Says Johnson and Dreyfuss | Are “Crack Pots” NEW YORK, “Oct. | @eries will open in Morrow despite charges @harges of bribery grow! The suspension of Jimmy Bnd Cozy Dolan of Manger John J. Mc Giants, described the sus Harney Dreyfuss, owner Pittsburg Pirates, and Ban John President of the American league, that the scandal was of such im- Portance as to call off the world’s fefies, as the statements of “crack | Dots.” Johnson. it understood here, May call for a federal investigation Of the attempted bribery. He de- 3.—The wor Washingt and counter ic out of O'Connell Clared the Giaits “tainted the things they represent.” Meanwhile, with these recrimina- tions and O'Connell! describing him- | gelf the “goat” and Dolan denying any part in the affair whate’ hasebal! fans were wondering as ‘e the “why” of O'Connell's act. “O'Connell was never a quick thinker on the ball field,” McGraw said, “and now he has pulled a ‘honer’ worse than Merkle’s or any | Of the famous errors of judgment.” (“Have you ever had any et With O'Cornell before?" the mana- ‘ger was asked. _“No, he was very quiet and re- served. Fut I never have been able t® talk with him and know him. But { believe it was just a kid" Gumbness oeitind the whole thin; )*But how about Dolan? He has) More judement, surely?” /“You haven't known Cozy as ik as I have.” snapped McGraw. fpanded at the bribe being offered @ player on the Philadelphia team— | “a club wo have beaten consistently all year.’ HERF’S MORE ABOUT BASEBALL STARTS ON PAGE 1 despite the comments of Ban John- gon, president of the American) league, and Barney Dreyfuss, owner} of the Pittsburg Pirates. TO GO ON, “WEARING ME OUT,” SAYS KELLEY | ym A MEEKER Fear - old y, is wear y wired to t er of Commerce, “Meeker in joying trip his message f | OPERATION i Gardner Thinks It Would] Make Him Go Straight ral Work on Gorge Unit | HM, Kans LEA VENW( federal prison bh would help him tlaw who oper ago along the Pa-| * that the removal the result of HERE’S MORE ABOUT MEEKER STARTS ON PAGE 1 sear Curlew, | at 10:12 from North Platte away hey left there at § a. | Meeker is standing the trip in fine fashion. He hopped from the here as spry as a man of 40. The lane averaged more than 100 hour © ip. WHAT ARE WE STOPPING FOR! Me s walked, driven an ox n horseback, in automo- trains across the country, kes the alr route be he lared “What are we stopping for? Let's be on our way,” were his words as the plane landed here. | “He never wants to stop," Lieut | Kelley, who, with Lieut. MacReady, |made the first nonstop Might across | country, explained, “His first words in are, ‘Let ‘er rip. In the alr he ts continually asking me for more speed, When night to land, he begs me to go just mfles farther. Only when are out of gasoline a few explain that we is he « mt to atop.” “This is some trip, chuckled. aay | the aged man remember back in }1852, I crossed the Missourl river jwith my ox team at Bellevue, 20 miles south of here, and it took us four months and 27 days to get to | Seattle.” |} Lieut they had hours in th | from V cks to ¢ | They left Vancouver barracks a. m. GAPTURES THIEF IN HIS ROOM Leonard Regan, Dry Agent, | Battles Burglar “og” been in the 30 minutes ncouver bar Kelly's 13 trip mah n alr only Captured after a hand-to-hand bat- {tle with Federal Prohibition Agent Leonard Regan, in Regan's room at the Spring hotel, 1103% Third ave, early Friday morning, Frank Mitch ell, was turned over to the police and jailed on an open charge. Regan was awakened from his [sleep by the noise of someone mov ing about tn his room, he told Pa [to get the man. When he opened his eyes, Rega says, he saw the form of a man. F sprang ,from the bed and grabbed the Intruder, A fierce fight fol }towed, in which the prowler tried to make his escape Regan succeeded in overcoming the burglar and called police head quarters for an officer. | Mitchell was rifling his trousers, | | Regan charges, when he sprang on the morning | comes and I) showed that | jtro'man Haguewood, whom he called | The commissioner blew up when | him. ‘@ newspaper man asked him why | he condemned Jimmy O'Connell and} Cozy Dolan to banishment from/ baseball on their testimony and ab- golved Frank Frisch, Pep Young | and George Kelly on. their test | mony. He was told that the public, After what had happened in 1919, ‘was entitled to be given the testi- Mony of all the players implicated =, Bey tagcat EUTiOUS Battle Breaks Out public would get the details when’ Between Opposing Forces he got good and ready to make| them public. SHANG —(10:30 Ube Gtants arrived last night and| SHANGHAI, Oct. 3—110:20 p. m) ‘Were hurried to the Wardman Park |—FUrious fighting between rival Chi- Rotel, which has been made their | nese forces striving for possession of headquarters. ‘The players obvious-| Shanghai broke out again today. ly oar tate bended them-| pig armies were locked in a ter Hugh Jennings, assistant manager | “fle grapple over a wide front 20 of the Giants, said the team was; Miles south of the city. in good spirits and would work out| at Washington park today. |rifle fire. Weather conditions rvmained al-| ,, Most perfect. There is little bet-; Ch! Hsieh Yuan, FIGHT RENEWED ‘There was continuous artillery and| commanding his| would change him from al to a law man. hat pressure were removed, I 1 would never care to com. rime again,” Gardner de prisoner's first request for the | jon was refused by the attor yeral's department in Wash after two surgeons who ex: | amined Gardner, stated they ve an operation is ways, The refusal enraged Gardner that his threats against th in his being ement wife of the would two surgeons resulted placed in solitary cor | Three weeks ago the nit to Leavenworth from California the savings of year’s work with which to carry the fight for the operation. Afte ao ‘erence with her husband Mrs. Gardner left for Washington to ap peal to Attorney General Stone. Th far no word has been received fr her, but Gardner t& hopeful. | Narcotics Charge Dropped, Hold Man! An indictment charging violatio of the Harrison anti-narcotio « dismissed by the district attorne office Friday morning against 1 |. HM and he was ordered ing filing of a new complaint « ling forgery of doctors’ preser | for the purchase of laudanum. camo with HERE’S MORE ABOUT CRONKHITE PAGE 1 mer, of Chicago, who was tached to the 213th as surgeon, the major sald: “Well, we won't co that Ww DON'T WANT TO DIE YET ompany veered off, est path, toward an af ‘arm The company to eating lu Po Ace aban halted, preparatory id the major, with went little further. ing to some evidence Captain Rosenbluth wag near them according to other testimony in aff |davita, he was behind the company Sergeant on a eee | HE company heard three or four | shots, Then silence | Then, a minute or two later, Cap tain F mbluth called for a doctor Dr. Elmer W. Seaburg, now of Peoria, Ill., went forward and found, he says, the body of Major Cronk |hite, supported by the captain. The captain said, Seaburg avers: “I |think his heart failed—give him apirits or a hypodermic.” | ‘Then artificial respiration was | tried, none of those at the scene, apparently, realizing that Cronk hite was dead. It was only when Seaburg opened the major’s | clothing that the bullet wound, | on the right side of the chest, | was noticed. Witnesses of jing the traged: |they thought 1 }a military board jot Col. R. 8. Howard, C. | Henry Tucker and Maj. J. F | This board said death wan duc to accidental self-inflicted wound.” | reyes HERE the matter was allowed to rest—for the time being. | But the finding of the inquiry |board did not satiety Gen. Adelbert | \Cronkhite, commanding his troops | in France, After the armistice had been. signed and he had returned, ho |cauned a new Investigation, both by lprivate detectives and by depart | ment of justice agents, | Starting in October, 1920, de} |partment agent named James J. | Lee found Pothier working on the New Haven railroad, at Central| Falla, R. I. Gaining Pothier’s con. | fidence, Lee finally caused arrest of Pothier, March 17, 1921 | Pothier made, altogether, five} varying statements concerning Maj. | In one of them | Rosenbluth of or-| |dering him to shoot the major. aromatic the events surround: | are unanimous that n accident. So did} of inquiry componed | E. Maj. Zajinck igh |Cronkhite’s death. he accused Capt | the € | urging the Ruby lanked Special the loan in a series of lengthy questions | | alao BEFORE BOARD Effort Will Be Made to Push 4 As of ID Light make Accord ¢ orts, @ majority of favor dam be in site ted to make rt at the meetl stru nority rey i Y as the next development of the 8k: : 3 Hurt in Oregon in aren. Crash TLAND, PO! Oct Orex were 6 operated t ee POTHIER STARTS ON PAG sting? opinion at SHOWS HOW SHOT MAY HAVE BEEN FIRED Dr, Tucker then showed ow, Maj his the jury Cronkhite hand, in his opt gun din bbe aid th Att object it and in doing aue « and Much of the mor taken up with atter ntity can as departme Piper Heidaick one Cronkhite she Bower 8. Cl attorney astain, assistant dis at Atlanta, and shes y an investigator with the de partment of justice, testified that he od a probe of the Cronkhite sting, but never finished it “Who stopped the investigation?” Prosecutor James W. | trite Ga. at Osborne: “1 don't I think Langhorne objected again and was sustained. Chastain Identified the ne nent him by the war de Thomas P. Revelle, district a at Beattie, and also an attorney prosecution, also identified know except indirectly. nas the ment rney for the and an Langhorne became bored and asked Ny, “Are we trying the can or are we trying a wern. final} rarcastic murder case Later Langhorne shot at “Your memory’s prett somo 6s and poor ian't 1 Pothier during the morning took copious notes and smiled occasion- ally at the testimony. Rosenbluth wrote sporadically. He was grave and intent on the evidence Adeltert Cronkhite, former major general, war veteran and father of the dead officer, left his Baltimore home for Tacoma Thursday, accord- ng to Prosecutor Usborne. Cronk- Revelle food on others, th on | hite’s whereabouts has been puzzling| the prosecution for several days. [soos ae Radio Program FRIDAY, OCT. 3 KFOA—455 meters—8:20 ¢ Edward Whiting, pianist, clate instructor Risegari Sc of Musi Dr. R. , in two piano groups Glase, baritone and czaa weexén, eacen) ORIMINAL ASKS SKAGIT PLAN UP ABNORMAL RAIN: IN AUGUST Seattle Got But Fraction of an Inch, However the firet month meat temperat SAYS BOB WILL CARRY STATE Dill Glad to See The Star Back La Follette visited Frid GIVEN DAMAGES Indian Girl Gets $8,000 Case Against Ship Co. » the mayor ) of the $2 given F 16-y Juder of $8.0 ught Margaret Button Indian «th 4 the Pacific Admira: damages was just a year t wan assault vente! Evans ‘The steamship company fought the | © ground that the gtr | ked by Louls Dotson H. Brown, negro w the which was route from Petersburg, Alaska, Seattle, The girl is in the seventh grade at the Chemawa, Ore., Indian } ane on t t atta Hottel aboard po! verse! achool |Ball Players Were | Considering Strike NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—That play ers on both the New York and Washington teams were nerious considering @ strike until the scan dal that threw O'Connell and Dolan out of organized baseball developed, | wns reported here today: The players were to demand nal jes for the series games, in addl- | tion to the check paid the contest-} ants at the end of the series, ground that this latter money |merely a bonus, and could not regarded as salary Giant playerp already had held a meeting, at which plans for a st outlined, Manager told reporters: Dawes in Attack | | on La Follette KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 3.—Tho leandidacy of Senator Robert M. La Follette was attacked as a smoke creen ‘behind which socialism |would advance upon the American government, by Gen. Charles G. Dawes, republican vice presidential candidate, in a speech here last | night Before a crowd that packed con vention hall, Dawes made a vigorous ausault on radicalism but disappoint jed many of his hearers who had hoped the general would answer| Senator Smith W. Brookhart’s de mand that he get off the republican ticket on the was | be | | were | |B, land Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro as| ve A Man’: Se eallle_ Clothes Are a Plain Statement own ct other for t Wise n Well ar maelf if he hab! rule i fits } the: “Dre personal opin ion of himself. Surely to place him at the top by ren know that id Succeed.” he bottom w the aring first Capps 100% Pure Wool Suits $35—$42.50—$50 Woolens we can absolute in a pleasing variety of omething that you can the workmanship impre them, pee ly recommend to shades. 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The veal escaping him, he turn- ed his attention to several bee hives, wrecked the structures and scattered the honey over several acres, It happened in broad daylight, according to _Beaci ch's informant. ‘e ‘(Calf Takes French Leave W hen Bear Gets Chummy At Baring, on the hern railroad, a bear in vaded a man's refrigerator on the back porch. He ripped open the food box and consumed sev- eral nice pork chops and all the milk and cream in sight “And milk’s 16 cents a quart here, too,” wrote the protesting victim. Hunting parties will be organ- ized by Beach to destroy the marauders, altho bear hunting season doesn't open until Oc- tober 81. The animals can be killed out of season if they are predatory, by permission of thep game warden Great FILE. TELEPHONE. CASE WRITS Justice Court Action for) $7.55 Slated Oct. 9 FOLLIES GIRL IN SUICIDE TRY Named in Suit Brought by Wife of Author, Boyle A praecipe for appearance of Otto! Rupp, Post, Russell & Higgins, | defense attorneys, and a transcript of the justice court action thus far was filed in federal court Friday noon in the suit of Henry Clay Agnew against the Pacific Tele-! phone and Telegraph Co., for $7.56 under the new telephone toll rate. The case, instituted by Attorney LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 3.— Elsie Thomas, former Foilies beauty, named in a separate maintenance suit filed by Mrs, Violet Charlotte Boyle, wife of Jack Boyle, well known author, made two unsuc- cessful attempts to commit suicide | last night and early today, recety- | |ing hospital physicians reported. Miss Thomas, who asserts she is | Boyle’s wife, but which claim is | Mr. BRITISH PLANE IS SHOT DOWN Turkish Forces Attack Air Squadron; Capture 2 Men LONDON, OCT. 3.—Turkish forces near Cumadia, Mosul, attacked a squadron of British airplanes on a scouting expedition, shooting down Jone of them and capturing the pilot and his observer, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Constantinople today. Several clashes have been reported between British and Turkish forces in Mosul lately. The British have been occupying the territory since the world war and are anxious to hold it because of its rich oil wells. URGES TAX BILL | Former State | Senator Talks to Young Men’s Club On the subject of the 40-mill tax limit bill, former State Frank C, Jacksun spoke more than 100 members Senator before of the ; Young Men’s Republican club at a luncheon meeting in Dartnall's cafe- terla, Leary building, Thursaay. In explanation of the measure, Jackson said that its object was to distribute taxes over all wealth and give relief to farmers, home-owners and struggling indus- tries, and remove the barrier that now drives away prospective indus- 0 ¥ ‘ With | tries, and discourages homeseekers. ‘The measure Is specifically intended to limit taxes on real estate to 40 mills on 50 per cent valuation, he said. “Washington has not changed its Guard Rifle Team Now on Way Home The Washington National Guard |riffe team will arrive in a special standard leeper on the new Or- Mra, C R—28: music KFHR music; |Agnew for Warren Handy, is sched-/ disputed by Mrs, Violet Boyle, was Juled for hearing before Justice Reah | found unconscious from gas on the | Whitehead October 9 at 9:30 a. m.|floor of: her bedroom. A pulmotor The company’s motion for removal | was used to revive her. Some hours to federal district court was denied | jater Boyle called police and said September 17 by the women justice | Miss Thomas had locked herself in o. E. Arlund, meters—5:90 8 to 10:30, 263 meters 6:30 to 7:30, soprano, to 6:0, concert. 1:30 to 3:30, music. Kiangeu troops in person, claimed to|this in their possession, department have driven Chekiang forces back | of justice agents arrested Capt. Ros. | ttve miles. enbluth at the Civic club, 44 W.! 12th st, New York, on March 23. Pothier was accused of manslaugh. while Lu|ter, Rosenbluth of murder. ting on the games. There is prac. tically no New York money around ‘and there may be none until tomor- row when the Giant supporters ar- tive. | K The Kiangsu Tuchun was continu-| ing his attack tonight, The Giants aren't sure of their| lineup. Groh came here with the|Yung Halang’s forces fell back to- team, but he wasn't sure he could| ward Shanghal. make his regular place at third.) Frank Frisch, captain of the team, will play second, however. McQuillan, Barnes and Nehf are ready to pitch, Jennings sald, but the choice will not be announced by McGraw until he looks them over before game time. Nehf, how-| ever, is considered almost sure to pitch the first game. | Walter Johnson will start for the| Senators. | Losses on both sides were heavy. House of Service Others Guilty Is View of Dreyfuss. PITTSBURG, Oct. 3—"It’ only! the beginning,” Barney Dreyfuss, | Owner of the Pirates, declared in) commenting on the expulsion from organized baseball of Jimmy O'’Con- nell and Cozy Dolan. Dreyfuss’ statement was: “I think it Js only the beginning and that we have merely been «iven the first chapter of what ts likely to prove a long story. It is my opinion that O'Connell and Dolan are only the goats and that the guilt goes ratich further. “It is an insult to the Intelligence of the public to ask people to believe that two rather obscure members of , a championship club would go and offer to pay somebody $500 solely of | thelr own money to have something | crooked don# that would benefit | Many other persons besides them-| selves. “It is safe to say that the two players named would never consent to stand all the expense, Others} Were to profit, I tvel sure.” DR. C. MARCUM Being one of the agents for the genulne Kryptok curved Jens for near and far vision. for ten days, lower n ever before. $9.90 The Marcum Optical Co. 917 First Ave. Near Mi MA In-690, Pothler pleaded guilty to “Invol. untary manslaughter,” before \tUnited States commissioner at Prov idence, R. I. eee T THIS time, nowever, the de } partment came to the conclu |sion that the federal courts had no |Jurindiction in the matter. This do- | cision was #axed on the assumptio |that, at the time of Major Cronkite's | |death, the transfer of the land c which he was shot, from Plerc county to the federal government, was not complete and that, there fore, technically, the tragedy did not | oceur on a military reservation, The question of jurisdiction being at issue, Prosecutor J. W. Selden, | Jof Pierce county, after an investig: | tion of the facts, made a remark-| jable and exhaustive report in which he completely exonerates Captain Rosenbluth of any connection with |the death, “A great Injustice has been done him, whieh should be righted... and we are firmly convinced he should be again restored to public confi- the report says. Meanwhile, while his old buddies flocking to his ‘ald, Captain | Rosenbluth found his case assigned, by reason of a federal court ruling, to the Western district of Washing: ton court, over which Judge BE. Cushman’ presides. ‘The Pothler case Was assigned to the same court and last June Judge Cushman set September 20 for the start of the trial. Rosenbluth’s trial is set for October 22, in the same court, Rowenbluth is at Uberty under $20,000 bonds; Pothier is held in jail in default of the same amount, PACIFIC COAST STATIONS KHJ—Los Angeles, 6:30 to 7 children’s hour; 8 to 10, concert; 10 to 11, Bilt more orchestra KFI—Los Angeles, 469 moters to 8, orchestra; 9 to 10, Examiner studio; 10 to 11, Am: bassador hotel orchestra. Los Angeles, 278 moters 3:30 to 4:30, organ rect 7:30 to 9:15, auditorium ser. vices; 9:16 to 10, studio concert; 10 to 11, organ 10—Oakland, lent. KL 395 meters— K 812 meters—St Oakland studio program; 9 concert KPO—San Francisco, 1245, Ci program; 4:30 to 6:30, tra. Portiand, 492 studio concert; 9 meters—8 to to 10:20, 423 meters mmmonwealth club 30 to 3:30, organ; Fairmont hotel or- KGW. 8:1 Owls. KFAE—Pullman, 330 meters— 7:20 to 9, concert and agricul- tural problem talks. OTHER STATIONS * . 1924, by United Washington, 4 0p. m—U, S. navy band. WGY, Schenectady, 380 met 8 p. m—Melodram: iene WBZ, Springfield, 7 meters, 7 p.m, (6, 8, 'T.)—Banquet world war convention, WDAF, Kansas City, 411 me ters, 8 p.m. (C, 8. T)—WDAF meters— 10:30, Hoot |iental Litnited, 7 p. m., October 6. The team has been participating in tho national rifle met at Camp} Parr, Ohio, | ee Prices Reach | New High in East CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Hogs reached | $11.95, a new high for the year, at \the Chicago stock yards today. ¢ |shipping demands and higher | prices were responsible for the Mar! ve ‘Helped Tar Gil; Man Found Guilty, FREDERICK, Md., Oct, 3.—Harry | C, Leather, of Myérsville, today was found guilty of aiding and abetting Mrs, Mary Shank in the tarring and | feathering of Dorothy Crandon July 24 Leather refused the verdlet. The Clan Mackenzie Wants Bricht Nicht | A“braw, bricht, moonticht nicht,” |ix hoped for by the Clan MacKenzie| |for Thursday ovening for the dance | which is to be held at Christensen’s| hall. A skirl o° th pipes and a | Highland schottiache or two will en-| |llven the regular dances ood | corn ad- on} to comment on} | NEW ENAMEL DISHE! minstrels. @K!l, Los Angeles, 469 meters, 10 p. m.—Program of Indian muse. | ‘The new enamel dishes that are square in shape and have covers are {deal for holding foods like here butter and meat that should be kept ‘in the refrigerator land, of the peace, SCORES MELLON ‘Miller, Oregon. Demo., Opens ; Senatorial Campaign MARSHFIE tering his attack on Newberryism Secretary Mellon, Milton A. Mil- | , democratic candidate for senator, | nounced the republican administra: tion before a large crowd of Coos jcounty residents at tho first cam-| palgn meeting of Coos Davis-Bryan | ‘club last night Newberry’s case was the beginning | of republican corruption but was fol lowed by a long list of acts equally bad or worse, he déclared, He at- tacked Mellon's opposition to the in- come tax, saying it was designed to bonofit those most able to pay at the expense of agricultural and land: owning citizens. Newton McCoy, missioner, and J also spoke. public service com. N. Teul, of Port: New Advertisements Boosting Northwest Beauties of the Northwest and its opportunities to the home-seeker will be set forth in 14 national magazines by means of full page advertisements, according to an an- nouncement Thursday by the Great Northern Railroad, he ~=Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern are ja closet and was again }and | than attempting to die She was removed to the receiving hospital and will be taken to the psychopathic ward of the general | hospitat, it was announced. Miss Thomas, sobbing bitterly | said that Boyle no longer loved her cared more for his pet bear he did for her, it was re. ported. ( Mrs. Violet Boyle, in her suit] against the author, whose “Boston Blackie” stories made him famous, alleged that she is his one and only | wife, but that he had been living with the Follies girl for some months, Dill Aids Black i in Congress Campaign U. S& Senator C. C. Dill will cam- paign for Lloyd S, Black of Ever-| ett, candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. He will spend five days in the district and make 22 speeches. Dill's campaign opens in Whatcom county. David J. Williams of Seattle, | democratic candidate in the Seattle-| Kitsap district, will open an active | campaign a little later. Hoe is or- ganizing his district for a vigorous campaign. Seek Négas Women as a Pickpocket A negro woman was sought by the police Friday as a pickpocket who Thursday night robbed Fred Nelson, 701 Weller st., of $20 while jeer bay | day morning, } mandy tax laws to meet modern conditions, but operates today under the same tax system adopted when it became &@ territory in 1853," Mr. Jackson said. “Real property then constl- tuted the principal asset; it is now less than half the total wealth of the state. Many of those other forms of wealth remain untaxed.” ‘SHIP HITS ROCK Seattle Freighter on Beach Near Vancouver, B. C. ‘The Seattle freighter Border King was lying on the beach at Buccan- near Vancouver, B. C., Fr 8 a result of strike submerged rock off Thor island) Thursday. ‘There were no casualties, according to meager advices reaching Seattle. The’ vessel is the latest addition to the Border Line Transportation Co, service, operating freighters be- tween Puget Sound and British Col- umbia points. She is commanded ‘by Capt, Alex Stinson ing a Lighthouse Needs Marine Draftsman The secretary of tho 11th district, U. 8. civil service commission, has qmnounced an examination for Octo~ ber 8, for the post of marine drafts- man for the lighthouse service at an annual salary of $2,220, Information financing the advertising campaign, he talked to her, is available at room 207, Postoffice building. {