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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
GENERAL FLAYS
PROBE CONDUCT

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 4.-When Chairman James A.
Frear of the congressional subcommittee investigating the
spruce production division half way out of his chair
and shook his finger at Brgader General Brce Dsque,
retired, yesterday afternoon, the latter replied:
"You don't need to shake your finger at me-"
you calm your tone" added the witness quietly.
II want this to in the record You becoming
personal"
Frear asked Dsque if the G.. Amsinck company in New
York. Of which the former general president, isn't
partly owned by Stems CareyH S. Kerbaugh company,
which received the muchdcussed contract for spruce
duction in Clallam county, Wash
Dsque replied the corporation hasn't "nickes worth
Of interest in the Amsinck concern
Questions from Frear brought the admission from the
witness that the Amsinck company bought by the
American international corporation during the war; that
John d. Ryan, former director of aircraft production is
director of the American International that Ryan
mended Dsque for his present position.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
COTS WILL Be
At A PREMIUM
Big Crowds Coming to See
Fleet Review

Milllonaires will have TO sleep In
cots In hall bedrooms and some folks
may be lucky IL they find a peg to
hang on while President Wilson and
the Pacific fleet are guests OF Seat
tie
This was the stunning announce
ment. Thursday. Of w. w. spangier.
assistant chairman OF the fleet reccp-
ton committee.
Visitors" he said. will find that
the Hotel Washington can't accom-
modate them all and must be content
10 put up with a lot Of inconvenience.
We can't possibly find rooms for all
Of them"
The fleet committee has not yet
worked out a definite program for
the reception Of the president and
men Of the battleships. The commit
tee was scheduled to go into session
with Commander Holmes. represen-
tative Of Admiral Rodmsn. at p. m.
10 finally decide the program.
spangler said in all probability the
matter would be definitely worked
out by night.
when President Wilson reviews
the fleet In the harbor here at 3
y. m. Saturday. the big war craft
will not. az is generally the custom,
steam past his reviewing ship. In
stead. II was announced Thursday,
the president and his party on the
battleship Oregon will circle the
fleet, which will lie at anchor.
Charles ID. Davis, chairman OF en-.
tertainment for enlisted men. has
added to his program boxing events,
baseball games and other stunts for
those who remain aboard ship. Those
on shore leave will not only see "A
rodeo and Wild West performance.
but may dance either at the Hippo.
drome or the Arena Friday night.
and AZ the Hlppodrome and on the
street at Fourth ave. and Cedar NJ.
on Saturday night
The drive for 100000 to furnish
entertainment for the fleet was on
IN earnest Thursday with only a few
hours remaining to finish the job.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
PRUSS|AN killer
CALL0WS
Man Who Stabbed Woman
Charged With Murder

Frederick Britz. German. who
stabbed Mrs. Lena Schmitz 10
death Tuesday night because
her dog chased his chickens. win
pay for his crime on the gallows
II Deputy Prosecutor John Car
mody has his way. A charge
Of first degree murder has been
filed against Britx.
This man is simply a Prussian."
Carmody declared. He is result
Of the Hunnish system. He Is typi.
cal OF just what we have been read.
ing about the Germans for the last
four years. He stabs the woman to
death. going back second time to
make sure she is dead. and then
boasts Of how he did it."
Carmody investigated the case
Wednesday and then filed the
charges. Britt and Mrs. Schmitz
lived in adjacent houses at $500
Ninth ave. $. After warning her
husband that they would have to
move unless they got rid OF their
dog. he attacked her in her kitchen
Tuesday night
After slashing her with a butcher
knife, he was driven off by neigh
bors. While they were attending the
victim. he returned a second time.
and before he could be stopped.
stabbed her with pocket knife. She
died before she could be removed to
the hospital
Il killed her." Britt said wednes-
day, and they may hang me by the
neck. but l am satisfied"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
Part of Fleet to
Greet the Prince

VANCOUVER, II. c.. Sept. Act.
ing Mayor owen has received mes.
sage from Secretary OF the Navy
Daniels, regretting his inability to
accept an invitation to Vancouver,
but saying;
II would be pleased to have part
of our Pacific fleet In your harbor
during the visit of the Prince OF
Wales. and viii confer with Admiral
Rodman and make such arrange.
ments as are possible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
Fleet Review Cuts
Presidents Visit

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4.-Seat.
ties success in obtaining President
Wilson to review the Pacific fleet
there reacted today against San
Francisco.
Secretary to the President Tumulty
wired the local committee the presi.
dent would be forced to delay his
visit here until September is and
that he would be able to spend only
10 hours here instead OF two days,
because OF the change in Seattle
plans.
The president will arrive at .
a. IN. and depart at 10 y. IN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
State Closes in Allen
Case; Clerk Is Crilled

on any conversations he had had
with Judge Allen. and he did not
give a concluslv. answer.
Patterson persisted In trying TO
show that Judge Allen had tried TO
influence a grand jury witness.
Didn't you go 20 Judge Allen and
say. Judge. you've 20, me In a fne
nx.' and didn't he suggest that you
tell the grand jury that you had
broken the bottle by dropping IT."
Patterson asked
Campbell admitted telling the judy,
something amounting TO what Pat
terson quoted him as having said.
but was not very clear on any in.
s,ructions he had received from the
Judge.
He also admitted having taken one
OF the bottles and. after drinking the
contents. breaking II and putting the
pieces in the waste basket.
Patterson Angry
After being examined By the
grand jury didn't Judge Allen tell
you he had told the jury that he had
Ave bottles OF Scotch whisky in HIS
possession Patterson asked.
My recollection IL not clear about
that" Campbell replied.
And then didn't you say that he
had told them wrong and that there
were only four bo,tles7"
My recollection II that told him
I had opened one OF the bottles. ]
don't recollect whether told him
had broken the bottle"
Patterson plainly insinuated that
Campbell was not testifying as he
had thought he would. and tried TO
show that the defense was rcspon.
s!ble for this. He had not finished cx-
aiming Campbell at the close Of the
afternoon session.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
Republicans Are
Finishing" Treaty

WASHINGTON. Sept. THE re-
publican majority of the senate for
elgn relations committee has prac-
tically completed work on the peace
treaty.
Reservations. which will be pre-
scented to the senate. have been
agreed on, as have the amendments
to the proposed text OF the treaty.
All that remains is to hold formal
session or two and record the votes
that will order Senator Lodge to lay
the treaty before the senate.
The democratic minority, joined
by Senator McCumber, republican,.
expects to present minority re-
port, probably in the form of a
resolution for unqualified ratifica-
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
Hoosiers Waiting
Coming Of Wilson

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept. A.
Omitted Press.) Thousands OF
Hoosiers will greet President Wilson
and his party when they step from
their train here at y. m. tonight
The president will go directly to
the state Fair grounds. His speech
will start al 1880 o'clock
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04
Railroad Workers
Fight Cummins Bill

CLEVELAND, o. Sept F.-~IU nIted
Press. )-OrRa railroad workers
here today initiated the fight against
the Cummins bin for the regulation
and return Of the railroads to private
control.
Timothy Shea. acting president of
the brotherhood OF Railway Firemen
and Enginemen, said he notified the
brotherhood's representative In
Washington TO announce that the
members Of his organization were
unalternbly opposed To the bill.
The Plumb plan was unanimously
endorsed by the Cleveland Fedora
ton OF Labor last night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04

Disque was summoned here from
New York and made an unwilling
witness during a severe examination
by Chairman James A. Frear.
What salary do you receive as
president OF T. Amsinck & Coz
asked Frear.
Gen. Disaue declined 10 answer. on
the ground that 1t was n personal
question.
do you know IL is currently ru.
mored to be s30.000?" Frear pur.
sued.
Disque disregarded the effort TO
draw from him the facts. He said
he had been offered salary prac,i-
cally az good as his present pay by
two concerns OF which Ryan is not a
director.
At the outset OF sensational testi-
mony. Disquc declared that the con.
grcsslonal subcommittee had accept
ed the ''grossest misrepresentation
that ever appeared In a public rec
ord
'Falsehoods that | can disprove."
was another of thrusts at previous
testimony against the spruce produc-
ton division and himself.
Had not witnesses. who testified
earlier In the spruce investigation.
been protected by the badge OF priv
lieged communication" Disque de
clared, more than one man would
be facing suit today"
The former generals statements
revealed the fact he had consulted
number OF lawyers as to the posi-
bility OF action against those whom
he accused OF filling the ears OF the
congressional committee with libel
Gus falsehoods because they had "a
grudge OF some kind"
Dlsque's sweeping indictment of
the investigation came close to the
subcommittee itself when he made
the declaration that only men with
a "grudge" had been called TO testify;
that Col. c. r. Stearns, the present
commander OF the spruce production
corporation: J. J. Donovan. director
OF the corporation. and Maj. T.. S.
Gramrner had been compelled to So
llcit the committee for an oppor.
tunity to be heard.
Pans Witnesses
The former commander OF the
spruce division said that most of the
witnesses at the hearings so far had
given opinion evidence" He
averred they were not men who
knew the facts.
Disdue told of bidding farewell to
his family and going to Washington
prepared TO go overseas. Then he
was asked TO take charge OF the
spruce production division in oregon
and Washington.
For a week | would not listen to
the proposition" he testified. refut.
ing the evidence offered by Mai. c.
+. Sigh. whom Disque replaced,
that the latter had sought the soft
berth" in order to escape fighting
at the front He said his whole idea
was to get into action at the front
and that anything else was distaste.
full TO him.
Answering the frequent allegation
that he had followed his own course,
Disque testified that every major
operation was guided by the advice
OF experienced men. who fortunately.
he added. In no instance had per.
sonal interests at stake.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-04

Some thief is masquerading as
an army officer in Seattle. thinks
Robert Paul, OF the New Richelieu
hotel, who reported TO the police
Thursday that "a thief entered his
room Wednesday night and stole
an army olive drab shirt with
cheyrons on the arms
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

beautiful boodlike sandstone formation
Just beyond the East and West Temples are
ranged three cone-shaped mountains, wildly rug
ged in their outlines and facing another court OF
totally different type from that which fronts the
Western Temple. Here again has Bible history
contributed the titles for the three peaks are
known the '"The Patriarchs' and the space
at their base the Court of the Patriarchs-
lttle farther is another trio which occu
pies the eastern wall. Of decidedly different for
nation and colorng, they are called the Three
Brothers"
great white dome is known as the Mountain
of the SUM-" Here the breaks in both canon
walls have brought about most interesting eff
feet, for this beautiful mountain catches the first
CLINT of the rising and receives the last kiss of
the setting Still another feature Of the
Mountain of the Sun is the tint of the afterglow
that changes its chalky summit into rosy dome
Many intersecting canons and the tortuous
course of the main give great variety to the
formations. Possibly Ell Gobernador is the gem
of them all. Standing at turn of the canon. its
mighty mass rises sheer 5000 feet from the creek
that skirts its base, this pile presents picture
unsurpassed. Gray at It's base, it clears to
glistening white with summit that terminates in
a great table. Far up on one of Its faces there
hangs a wonderful natural bridge, the top of
which has never been pressed by the foot of man
Beyond Ell Gobernador the canon twists and
turns until it widens out into the most weird of
all its bizarre features. This is the Great Tenn
theater shut In by walls of brilliantly colored
rock towering 1000 feet above its floor. Here the
ripping creek horseshoes around most remark
ably formed sandstone object that closely
bles Buddha seated his throne. Legend has
given this place the locality where the pre-
historic people of this southwestern land gathered
to do reverence to Snawava, their ruling deity.
The place fills the bill If there spot
where weirdly mystic incantations and wildly
impressive ceremonials would seem to accurately
fit into the surroundings it is this same rock
bound pocket in the depths of Zion.
Just beyond the prehistoric temple the canon
enters its narrows until the creek occupies every
foot of the floor and feathery waterfalls dash
down from moss and lichen covered terraces
As If these not enough, it is known that
there other beauties possibly of more
wonderful quality. Secretary Lane of the in
terror department in recommending the bill
wrote:
Il have dwelt particularly upon Zion canon be-
it is now readily accessible and because
it is actually being used tourist resort, but
there other canons in the reservation that
bigger and beautifully coloitd
Still more remain to be entered and explored. In
time they will all be open to the public. Further
more, there are in the reservation mountains wa
terfalls natural bridges, ancient cliff dwellings
and numerous other features interesting 10 the
tourist and exceedingly valuable to the scienrfsi
and student"
Yosemite the Beautiful apparently must loot
to Its aurels.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
N ER4z1ezA1cHs

Jack Lat wrote a Characteristic appreciation
of Zion canon for railroad administration book
let. in which he said:
Zion canon is epic, written by Mother Ma
ture in her most ecstatc humor. illustrated by
Creation in its most majestic manifestations, pub
lished by God Almighty an inspiration to all
mankind. Zion is the most beautiful spot
this continent think l have all the
famed show-places that the evolution of the
earth's formation has made. And of them all
Zion to me stands first. stands alone"
Zion has the double charm of form and color.
and it is hard to say which is the more appealing.
The entrance TO the canon is spacious and i'm
pressive. The course up the Rio Virgin is tor
tuous and the variation of view and of formation
of the lofty walls is great. AT the end of six
seven miles of the wall narrOws to the
stream. What there is beyond is practically un-
known. Thus from the plateau above the yisi-
tor may look down thousands of vertical feet into
the painted canon with its river. From the river
bank he may look up thousands of feet with
changing view at every turn of the canon.
The entrance to the canon is most impressive.
To the west rises the West Temple (7y650 feet),
fanked by the Towers of the Virgin. The guar
dian to the east is the East Temple (7,OO0),
fanked by the Watchman (6,35O), and Bridge
mountain (6,650) Then come the Streaked Wall
on the west side and the Brown Wall the east
side, topped respectively by the Three Patriarehs
and the Mountain of the Sun. Extraordinary fea-
lures of the wall formation include Ell Goberna-
dor the Great Organ and the Temple of Sinawava.
The visitor finally comes to point where the
chasm is more than 1000 feet deep and the walls
so nearly touch that he looks up to sky.
The walls practically vertical and parallel and
warp in and out, thus cutting off the blue above.
Here is revealed the secret of the Making of
Zion, is pointed out by DR.. G. X. Gilbert of the
United States geological survey This chasm is
an example of downward erosion by sand-bearlng
water which acts like the marble saw. The cut
is not entirely vertical because the current has
carried the cutting sand to side the other
and the cut undulates both in its vertical and
horizontal sections.
The forms along the canon walls extraor-
dinary And the colors striking
The famous Vermon Cliff of the Painted Desert
thousand feet of white superimposed on two
thousand feet of red But this startling combina-
fion is but the beginning of a veritable riot of
color The Vermon Cliff rests on the Painted
Desert stratum-350 feet of deeper red set off
by purple and mauve shales. Below this is hun
dred feet of brown and gray conglomerate. The
crowning touch is the eooring of the upper sum
mits of the White Cliff. Here there are in places
several hundred feet of varicolored shales and
limestones whose seepage fantastically stains the
glistening white. In consequence of the meeting
of these many coors Zion is as gorgeous as a
Gypsy scarf and sunrise and sunset produce un-
beevabe effects.
For example. take the West Temple. From a
foundation OF mingled reds. yellows, browns
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28


Bidered.
The made New York and that
regarded
mendabe The cities following
height and
most popular
Detrot-Average s.. military favorite
to smales
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nine
57s leading We frequently
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

OF divorce
was
Wanscott No to Cam
Should he die she
cial
Wainscott
by Mr. Jane o
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

tury. A woman, claiming to be his
first and only legal wife, arrived un-
expectedly here and as a result Vain
scott is making speedy effort to get
his first marriage annulled by d.
vorce proceeding.
In the spring of 1869 Wainscott,
then young man, went to Lone Jack,
Mo-, and married. But, according to
his story, his welded life was very un-
happy. and in October of the same year
he Separated from his wife. He then
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

three communities possesses the sInaii-
est foot in the countryside Az.
Atlanta dealers said their sales
were about equally divided among
the intermediate sizes from 31s to 5h,
while in Chicago and San Francisco
the average size was definitely fixed
at Az. At the same time it was indi-
Gated that st. Paul owns the largest
community foot-size 9.
AS regards styles and colors,
brown and tan laced boots apparently
are the most nnnulnr lust at present
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

Robertson Mr. burned
the ban without orders from Doctor Robertson
Justth them the
he matter Doc
seve To do with Mr. Chaseru the chimney
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

Samuel T. Chase, owner of the hand
some apartment building at Sheridan
road and Belmont avenue patched up
a peace with Deputy Smoke Inspector
Frank A. Chambers, who had drenched
the fires in the name of smoke preven-
ton.
Mr. Chase was at his summer
home in Lake Forest when he heard
that 25-minute violation of the anti
smoke ordinance had caused Mr.. Cham
hers TO act on orders from Health Com.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28


IN ne neo
their nome ano pre
inga elm to ring three times
speak into the phone ana
say,
Running piece OF coal ana
standing it, the te
the call ad
childish repeaine
MANN il under
badly
Marguerite Forbes
derful
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
ZA0W C4HY0u@

grays and puppies it rises ab'
ruptly 1000 fe The body is
a brilliant red. :. lie upper third
is white. The huge mass is 81
perfect in conformation thai il
suggests the work of tiian
architect. And on top of the
lofty central rectangle rests
squared cap of red above The
glistening white
Across the cannon, and slight
ly to the north, rising between
two peaks of deepest umber
looms the great silvery dome of
the Eastern Temple, clothed IN
colorings like to its western sis
ter. This rounds to a broad
summit upon which is mounted
a symmetrical can of that same
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
Three Cities Are Rivals With Cinderella Claims

NEW community Cinderella is claimed
today nv Chicago
principal that of those
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

seeing that none of them We're SEEM
ingly hurt, but that she was caught in
such a manner that she could not free
herself asked Marguerite to crawl out.
The little girl was free and did SO.
The baby was held down, but unin-
jured and despite all her efforts Mrs.
Forbes could not release herself.
Then the mother told Marguerite
to go to a neighbors nearly half mile
distant and get help.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
Wife He Believed Dead Turns Up After as Years

believing
N
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
Mayor Of Chicago's Part in Antismoke Crusade

smoky periodic spasmodic
Thompson without heat
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28
Marguerite Forbes: Little Five-Year-0ld Heroine

Marguerite and
their
pnning Mrs Forbes
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-11-28

HE national parks will probably
soon stage contest in scenic love
liness between Yosemite valley and
Zion canon. For the bill creating
, Zion canon national park has
been passed by both houses of con-
gress and at this writing is in con-
ference over an amendment.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-07-29

ters represent the ideas for which men have striven and also the ideas which have endeavored to keep man in subjection There is character for Justice, for Truth, for Freedom; and, on the other hand, for Tyranny, for Ignorance, for Wrong. The plan in my work has been to depict in song the evolution of man from a slave to freeman through the instrumental ity of characters representing the ab- stract qualities for which man fought, and on the contrary, the qualities he fought against"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-07-29
PRESIDENT OF SHANTUNC WANTS PROVINCE GIVEN
 BACK TO HIS PEOPLE

PARIS, June 10 (by maiD Kong Siang-Koo direct descendant in the seventy-ffth generation from Confu- cius, and president of the provincial council of Shantung province, is among the well-known Chinese who have recently arrived in Paris to urge a reconsideration of the conference de cision to turn Shantung province over to the Japanese.
 MT. Kong speaks English and, like all the other members and attaches of the Chinese delegation, wears modern clothes.
 He is most eloquent in his plea for restoration to China immediately of the historic province which Germany wrested away from it by force China's sacred mountain, Tai-shan, and the home of COnfucius make this province
The Cordova daily times., 1919-07-29
WILL DEPICT
 IDEALS, NOT
 CHARACTERS

ROME, June 10 Correspondence of Associated Press) ).-Pietro Mascagni, known to everyone as the composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana" and numerous new opera, I'll Piccolo Marat," which is characterized here as distinctly a revolutionary step in operatic works It contains no personalities as char acters in the story, but it substitutes for them symbolic representations of virtues and ideals similar to the Amer ican pageant.
 T expect to produce my new opera next winter in Rome" said SignOr Mascagni to the Associated Press cor respondent. "The theme is founded on the conflict of ideas between the autocrat and the democrat, between oppression and freedom. The time of it, of course, is not limited to any one period. The opera is symbolic of many periods, and would just as read fly apply to the stirring times of the American revolution as it would to the French revolution, or the Russian, or the Bavarian
 T have no characters in the pro- duction representing any particular personalities. There is no Napoleon, Metternich or Garibaldi My charac-