MONDAY
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I'ORMKK XOMHITKH ARRESTED
IN SEATTLE RAID
Seattle Dec. 17—One hundred
and six people were arrested last
Saturday niaclit on Grand Jury war
rants charging those arrested with
conducting gambling houses as
being common gamblers, among the
well known prisoners who were ar
rested and released on bail from one
thousand to ten thousand dollars
each were Frank Hall, George But
ler, both former Nome and Klon
dyke men. Eddie Ehea, Jack Shears,
William Erb, C. J. O’Connell, Jessie
Talconer. Eddie Mundore. Misses
Grace Bailey and Claire Neilson all
charged with being “Jointlsts” and
released on $7,500 each.
Mayor Brown and Chief of Police
SereTyn, under whose administra
tion conditions indicated in Indict
ments were obtained, are greatly
disturbed.
NOTED AUTHORITY ON
NERVOUS DISEASE* DEAD
Chicago, Dec. 17—Doctor Harold
N. Moyer, national known authority
on nervous and mental disases. died
last Saturday of dilation of the
1* BESIDE NT THANKS FORMER
GOV. OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Washington. Dec. 17—President
Coolidge has written a letter to
Samuel Elroy, who is the former
governor of South Dakota, express
ing his appreciation of the action of
the recent South Dakota Republican
Proposal Convention, In granting
him the Progressive Precedential en
dorsement.
ARMISTICE PROPOSED
CONSIDER MEXICAN PROBLEM
Tampico, Mex. Dec. 17—A dispatch
■from Mexico City to the newspaper
El Tieinpo in Tampico recently
stAted that Deputies representing
Kuertaists and the Federal Govern
ment have propo-.d an armistice
I ending efforts *r errange a se- la
ment of the revolution.
•OHREGOX AT UK AD IW MIS
TROOl’S IN THK FIKLD
San Antonio, Texa«. Dee. 17th—
President Obregon of Mexico Is said
to be at the head of his troops and
is advancing on Guadalajara City
which is in the hands of the Rebels
vnder the command of General En
rique Estrada.
NAVY YARD WORKERS WILL
GET IVCREA8K IN PAY
Washington. Dec. 17—Workers
in Navy Yards thruout the country
will receive a slight increase in pay
beginning January 1. 1924. accord
ing to a dispatch received today.
It IlYAN PLAYS A SILENT HAND
WITH TELLING EFFECT
Washington, Dec. 17 — With Will
iam Jennings Bryan prominent in
the back ground of the Democratic
Presidential politics with a chance
of being elected is serving to further
complicate the organization tight in
the House of Representatives.
Bryan’s activity behind the scenes
has had a surprising effect in block
ing the plans of the Republican
leaders to have the Committee
elates ratified and of deferring con
sideration of this last act of organi
zation process over until today.
GKRMAX CHARGE I>E AFFAIRS
CONFERS WITH POINCARE
Paris, Dec. 17—Von Soech. the
German Charge I)e Affairs in an in
terview with Poincare last Saturday
asked if the French Government is
willing to engage in conversations
■with the German Government re
garding the occupation of the Ruhr
and the Rhineland.
BRITAIN MAKES FIRST
PAYMENT TO V. S.
Washington. Dec. 17—Great Bri
Tain made her first payment ou a
-principal of $4,600,000,000 debt to
1he United States last Saturday.
$23,000,000 was the amount paid
on the principal and $60,000,000
interest, this is the amount Britain
will pay in semi annual payments.
MAYOR HEADS LIST
OF RUM MAKERS
Toledo. Dec. 17—Mayor Unger
and 21 reaidants of Tiffn, Ohio, have
"been Indicted by a Grand Jury on
■eharges of conspiracy to manufac
ture and sell liquor.
Legal Blanks, all kind*, for Ml* m
<a* Nugct Offlo*.
WIFK NOTED WRITER
COMMITS HUKTDK
Los Angelee. Dec. 17—Mm Ru
pert Hughes, the wife of the ..oted
fu hor, committed suicide *u China,
n cording to •» cab'epram received
by Rupert Hushes. Daopocdenoy
caused by ill health is said >o be
the motive of the former committing
suicide. Mrs. Hushes was on a trip
around the world follow ins a nerv
ous breakdown.
(OOUDGK PIIECCONVENTION
CAMPAIGN AT CHICAGO
Washinston. Dec. 17—The an
nouncement was made iast Satur
day afternoon that the National
Headquarters of the Coolidge Pre
cnnwntion Campaign would be lo
cated at Chicago on December 27th
under the management of Butler
assisted by former Congressman
U. S. WILDING HAVE HANKERS
TAKE PART fN LOAN
Washinston. Dec. 17—The United
States Government is willing to
have American Bankers participate
in the floating of an International
loan to Germany, if was announced
at the White House last Baturdty.
EIGHT MORE STATES JOIN
MEXICAN REVOLUTION
El Paso. Tel.. Dec. 17—Revolu
tionist in eight more States are re
ported as having joined the other
Revolutionists in Mexico.
J A PA N ESK EARTHQUAK E
DAMAGE *4.000.000,000
Tokyo. Dec. 17—Damage done by
the Japanese earthquake disaster
last September amounted to four
billion dollars. Finance Minister
Imouye advised today.
ONE MAN HOIjDS OFF
POH8E FOR SKVKN HOl'RS
Drew, Mies.. Dec. 17—Mortally i
wounded by machine gun bullets.
Joe Pullen. & negro, tor seven hours |
last Saturday night held a posse of ■
several hundred men at bay Re- !
for© hi* capture at one o’clock A.M. !
Sunday morning he had killed three ;
men and wounded eight others. j
The Negro was taken to Drew af- j
ter his capture where he expired an j
hour later
fOOMDOK ORDERS RELEASE
VIJi WAR PRISONERS j
Washington, Dec 17 President ;
Coolidg© ordered the release of all :
remaining imprisoned violators of
war laws last Saturday, about :10
cases in Chicago. Kansas Cftv and
Sacramento, and they will now gain
their liberty as a result of the Presi
dent’s order
ESTIMATED 30.000 TROOPS
ENGAGER IN MEXICO
Mexico. Dec. 17—It has been es
timated that at least no.000 troops
are engaged on different fronts in
Mexico todate.
CMJNE KIllfiM* UK IW
LEAD GOOLIlHiE CAMPAIGN
Washington, Pec. 17 Hoke Den
itheu of Marion. Ohio, a Hose friend
of the late President Warren G.
Harding has been selected to lead
the Cnolidge campaign in Ohio, ac
cording to a dispatch received today
TUESDAY
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HITIXED TO DEATH
IX WRECKED PLANE
San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. 17—Lieut
Karl I>. Willis and Private Deain
nnd were burned to death when the
plane in which they were flying fell
GOVERNMENT I/>SES 3*5,000,000
BARRELS OF Oil,
! Washington, Dei*. 18—The Gov
ernment has lost 385.000.000 bar
rels of oil, valued at $200,000,000
through the leasing of Naval oil re
serve lands to private interests. Sen
ator Walsh of Montana charged in a
preliminary statement on the result
4if the investigation of the leasing of
Teapot Dome to the Sinclair inter
ests. Had the leases not been made
by Ex-Secr#tary Fall, the Govern
ment would have received the moo
ey and the Navy would have had the
oil for reserve purposes in times of
emergency, Walsh declared.
BRITISH FLAG NOW FLIES OVER
ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
Paris, Dec. 18—Matin says that
J England has raised the British FUr
over the whole Antarctic Territory,
! including the South Pole and will
I collect customs and taxes from seal
I hunters and whalers and fr<»m all
other sources.
j MYK FOR 12 HOI KS I VPKK
WKM'KKD At TOMOHII.K
Astoria, Dec. 18th—Burned and
otherwise Injured after laying for
twelve hours under an overturned
automobile alongside the Columbia
River Highway. Mrs. George B. De
mers. wife of a Seattle merchant is
in a critical condition at the hospital
S.AYK HF WAS OFFERED
A mum; of niao
Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 18—A charge
that a representative of the Liquor
Traffic and slot machines in the city
of Mobile had offered him a bribe of
8150 to slow up in the work of his
office, was made in a public state
ment issued by Federal District At
torney Hoyles yesterday.
LOUISIANA SENATORS OPPOSE
CONFIRMATION NEGRO
COMPTROLLER
Washington. Dec. 1^ Nominat
ions sent to the Senate incluje Col
onel Saltzman to be Thief -igua. Of
finer with the rank of Major General
nnd the confirmation of Walton L.
Customs in the Gulf Stales The lat
te- is being bitterly opposed by Sen
ators Broussard and Kar.s.ia!! of
Louisiana.
YOUNG AND DAWKS TO SERVE
ON (DMNimX OF
INVESTIGATION
Washington. Dee. IS Th. seleo
tion of Wen I>. Young and Charles G
Investigation f-*r th- purpose of in
vestigating the German Budget. It.
was reported officially to Washing
ton yesterday by James A. Logan,
the American Observer w;th the Re
CRISIS IMMINENT IN GREECE
Allien*. Dec. lrt A dynaatic crisis
is imminent in Greece and th*- d**-;
parture of King George la regarded \
as amoni; the possibilities.
ItOR.Ul SAYS IS NOT (‘A\I)II>\TK
FOR PIIKSIDENTY
Washington. Dee. IS "I am not a ,
candidate for thv Presidential nom j
ination of any parly." Borah d**clar
id yesterday.
MMI.U>V TAX HKKK TKin 1-I.AS !
HKXT TO HOl'SK W AVS nil
MKAN'S roMMITTl.l
Washington, Dee. IS -Mellon’s
Tax Reduction plan has been put in
the form of a proposed Act "t (’"»*
ureas and sent to the House Ways
and Means Committee.
CONFESSES (RIME AFTER
OTHER MAN SERVES TIME
Chicago. Dee. is Joseph Sukelos ■
of the Film ore Hotel in Sir Fran- ;
cisco, confessed In Chicago yester- (
day that ho had committed tin* crime ,
for which George D. petroitis, n j
Greek banker, had served months !
;n a Federal Penitentiary.
SCHOONER < • A. SMITH SINKS IV
COOK HAY
Marshfield. Oregon. Dec 18th— I
Seven men who clung all nicht Sun-,
day night to the wreck of the J
Schooner 0. A. Smith. Captain T. |
Blum berg, which piled up on the'
North Jetty of Coos Bay Sunday, put
off in one of the ship’s boats early
yesterday and were picked up by the
Tug Oregon. Seven members of th*1
crew were rescued by the Govern
ment Coast Guard crew located at
Marshfield. The vessel and one >f
her life boats were wrecked and all
1 were lost in the wrecked lit*' boat
An additional casualty of the wreck
was C. N. Prescott. Mate on the Tug
Oregon, who was drowned during
the rescue work which was carried
on by the Oregon.
MANY KILMER IN EARTHQUAKE
ON COLI MBIAN-BCQC A I>ORIAN
BORDER
Bogais. Colombia. Dec. IS—Many
were killed in an earthquake on the
Colombian-Ecquadorian Border yes
terday. Already eighty five dead
have been recovered from the ruins
at Cumbal wb'ch with the tow*n of
Chile, suffered most severely.
Loci to Your Eyes r|
Beautiful Eyes,like fine M
1 ee:h. ore the touk ut Constant il
t n*. 1 111* I ■ 11L' IUA lif Mlirtlb* I
Enjoyable. Harmless
'WWLZ’k
f SEATTLE PIONEER WW1V
PASHKA AWAY
j Seattle, Dec. IS—Julia Garrison,
J 8 4 years of age and a k ins worn a-u of
; William Lloyd Garrison th'* Aboll
• tionist, is d‘*»d.
| sovikt (jonMi\xRsrr asks r>r
. RWOGXITIOV by r. s.
Washington. Dec. 18- A Soviet
j note asking for negotiations by th
j fnited States to bring about formal
J recognition of the Russian Govern -
j ment, was received yesterday at the
I White House
TWO ARMY FI;YKRH KILL FID AT |
<’LOVKR FIELD
Santa Monica. Dec. 18 William
D. Fowler and Harvey Lightfoot of I
the Army Air Reserve Corps, Lieu- I
tenant and Sergeant respectively, i
were killed at Clover Field when j
their plane f. 11 four hundred feet to
MEXICAN CADETS EXKCITED
AT SAN JANCIVTO fOMJXJK •
San Antonio. Texas, Dec. IS Ap-j
proximat -ly 12." cadets of the San |
Janointo College, the West Point of j
Mexico, li.iv • been executed on the j
parade ground?* of the school, ac- 1
cording to reports received in .San j
Antonio by members ..f the Mexican j
Ohaanber of Deputies who are co-n- j
cent rating at Sao Antonio.
Tampico, Dec. 18 A dispatch ro- .
c.’ivotl from Tula, the State of Tam- '
aolipan said that Mrs. K. Deart. an ;
American, was shot to death by ban- j
MAYOR OF l.OH ANGBLKH
SFFFKRfl FLIT RKUISK
Los Angeles. Doc. 18th After
be-ng well on the road to recovery
from a severe attack of inflioMiza.
Mayor Cryer of lyos AmrtfU*s is re
l»orte<l to be- suffering a relapse of
the sumo llln-ws.
WEDNESDAY
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WLIiL PlA(i; JOHNSON’S VA.MK
IN IMHTKMIIAT COI.I MV
Los Angeb-s. Dec. 1 9 The Pierre j
Suprume Court yesterday upheld the .
contention that .ill further filings1
in the Republican Minority Column
of the Priiuary balloting iu South,
Dakota will be prohibited, and re
fused to allow the name of Hiram !
Johnson to be filed as a minority j
candidate in th•• State of South Da- I
of li r,i.in Johnson for the Repuhli
plaeeii on the ballot in the South Da- I
lrota Primary of that party in the
fndepetid >tit i'..lumn, it was said in j
there of tile derision of the Supreme j
Court, of South Dakota under which
the use of Johnson's name in th- Re
publican Minority Column was pro
hibited.
GRIFFITH MAY GUT
KARLA' I’ARDON |
Mosbaeh. Germany. Dec. 1.9 The
early pardon of Lieut. Hoover Cor
liss Griffith who is serving time for
the attempted kidnapping of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll is said to b»- ,
probable.
and give your
stomach a lift.
. Provides "the bit ol 1
sweet” In beneficial j
%
id:
Helps to cleanse
the teeth and keep
them healthy.
“Wrigley’s is 5 cents
a package the
World Over’’
IS IT SOMK .WORK SBATTLK
SUM i DIM
Seattle. Dec. 10- The bodies of
Bugene R. Chllde. a prominent Se
attle* attorney and former StAte Leg
islator and political Judge. and Mrs.
dancer, musician and divorcee, were
found late yesterday afternoon In a
gas-filled house on th»* South Side,
which Child? recently purchased for
Mrs. Lion. A half dozen empty
whiskey bottles were found tying
near the bodies. The wife of Childe
is spending the winter in I^os Anp
bonus mix will bk
CONSIDER FIRST
Washington. T)er. 13 -Plans of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee for the consideration of the
Mellon plan on tax reduction, and
ihe Soldiers’ Bonus Bill wore shifted
yeaterday so that now the Bonus j
measure will be g ven the ftrat place j
>n the schedule.
Washington. Dec. 13th Senator!
*moot. Chairman of the Senate Fin
ance Committee, made a flat predic- !
fion that, the Soldiers’ Bonus Bill }
would be enacted despite t he veto of
Preident Coolidg*. 1
IIOl’SK TAKK KKCttHS FROM
DKT. 30 TO JAN. il
Wahingtov. Doc. 13 A dispatch*
"f*<***ived today states that the House j
-vilJ take a recea-s from December HO I
o January 3. 1
>.\ VS COO LI 1X1K
KKLKASKD CRIMIN' \LS |
Washington.
vleasitig all '
vonder what e
esterday afternoon on !
President Coolidge in
Jnitod States has re-j
ffe.n that Willi have on !
“n* j
* imminent Would I
■owardly. unpatriotic
or would they choose
iKPlNM PROORKSKIVK
RBPUULIC.ANS IN
CAUSTIC I.ANC! ACiK
Washington. De-- 1K*-pr*v>‘^n-,
ativ« Rainey. Democrat. sarcastic-i
illy commenting on th<- feat of the;
louse in organising amt electing a
omtnitteo yesterday afternooi . after j
he revolt of the Republican I’rog- J
essiv-'s. defined a "Progressive Re-!
MiltlirMn a- a stand par. Republican :
p all his anafonij except his month,
vhich lie cannot control." bur the |
nsimti-rr n»volt against Republican j
■ •adership continued to deadlock1
■ •nipt;- ' • "Wi i (’hairmajii of the
itors joined the Insurgents in voting
or Couzcns as a compromise rand'
iatf*. The break in the regular
•anks followed a statement bv Jones i
>f Washington that h- was convinced :
hat Cummins, who is an adminiss- j
ration candidate, could not be elect-j
•d and was willing to support j
he compromise nominee. Jones was'
oirn-d by Cummins himself who I
VFORMS SOVIETS NO TIME
FOR NEGOTIATIONS
lughes informed the Russian Sov
et officials yesterday that "there
could seem to be no reason a! this
Mr. Martin Knapp
Tells How Cuticura j
Healed Pimples
“ I was troubled with irritation of
the skin on my lace and other parts
oi my uoay. L-aier nara.
red pimples broke out
[which after a time festered i
and caused disfigurement. ;
They itched so that 1
• scratched, and the rubbing
of my clothes caused them
“I tried other remedies with but
little success. I read an advertise
ment for Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment and sent for a free sample. It
helped me so I purchased more, and
after using two cakes of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint
ment I was completely healed."
(Signed ) Martin Knapp, Burlington,
Colo., Aug. 10. 1922.
Make Cuticura Soap. Ointment and
Talcum your every-day toilet prepa
rations and watch your skin improva.
I
I
I
L'me for Denotations with the Sov
iet OoTernme®t.” and that the Am
erica-n Government "is not propos
ing to barter away its principle*.”
IlFM.WDH WITH ORA WAR
1MERKAV UrPLl'K5rf*R
FROM PHI LIPPI VF.H
Washington. Doc. 18 A formal
1 demand for the withdrawal of Am
erican influence in the Philippine*
and the recall of Governor General
Wood, was laid before President
CootidKc at the White House yes
terday by Manuel Rozas. Speaker
of the Filipino House of Represen
tatives at Manila.
McAROO .If r KITS S. D. DEM.
PROPOSAL PLATFORM
Los Angeles, I>ec. 19-—McAdoo
last n.ght telegraphed Democratic
State Chairman Ho»m hi<* accept
a nee of the .'■iout'h Dakota Proposal
Convention platform, saying. "We
shall get r,.i n 1' * '-om th- burdens
now -p preying us nor .shall we
progress in any direction through
the Republican policies of vtand
stillism. and wistful wishing for
these problems to solve themselves.
Th< Democratic Party stands for
progress and popular rights and it
welcomes the opportunity to do bar
AHKK FOR REEHTABIJMHATFNT
mrn» ai»onthtratiow
Paris. I>ec 19—The reestablish
ment of Civil Administration by Ger
many of the occupied areas of the
Ruhr and Rhineland. Is asked of
France and Rolptam in a written
memorandum submitted to the For
eign Office yesterday afternoon, it
was learned by the International
KINO AND QUEEN WILL
BOON’ SEEK OTHER CLIMK
Athens. Dec. 19th—King George
and Que.*n Elizabeth were to leave
Athens last Thursday night for Ru
mania. The Government informed
fjeorfre in writing that it oonsjddred
it advisable for him io keave Greece
until the N'ationa! Assembly had de
eded on a .regime best fitaog the
’ountry. Premier Gon&tas aid Ool
mel Piastiras als-ned the letter rn
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mhlmh-'d every other work at Teller,
11»<k*. by Walter J. M»rx.
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