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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
DEATH RATE
CLIMBS FOR
LACK OF FOOD

PRAGUE. Feb. 6.--Food relief IN
Czecho- Sioval<ia must be extended
far beyond even It's present wide
scope IL the situation thru the late
months in the winter il to be met
Hunger. suffering and the death rate
climb steadily higher every day.
The children especially are in
direst straits. Hundreds and thou
sands that crowd to tho child-feeding
canteens OF the American relief ad-
ministration come with swollen
limbs. indicating Tissues fun II water
due 70 lack OF fats. Many have the
swollen, bloated stomachs that mark
the early stages OF starvation. and
malnutrition is universal. In the IA
nous glass manufacturing districts
of Bohemia more than 40 per cent
of the entire population has become
infected with tuberculosis as the
direct result OF poor living conditions
and lack OF food.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
WORRIED OVER
j. S. INVASION
London Must Care for
Wealthy Tourists

LONDON. Feb. 6.-"what1l we do
with the American invasion7"
The British government. the Lon.
don dailies and the hotel associations
are all agitating this important ques-
ton.
Tho Invasion" expected il the
200 900 or more wealthy tourists
who are coming 10 England and the
battlcfields this year and next.
Hotels in London are always fun
so it's a problem.
The British say that providing for
these Americans. who want TO come
over, means restoring to some Of It's
value tho British pound. nominally
worth s4.s6 and now worth over a
dollar less.
The conservative London dailies
say that the Americans. II they can
be accommodated, will spend about
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
Death But
WEEKS OFF
FOR MANY
Thousands Literally Dying;
Babes Suffer From
MaInutriti0n


WARSAW, Poland. Feb. 6.-The
abnormal number of children being
born blind In this country despite
the fact that the parents are not
diseased Is due mainly TO the NAL
nutrition OF mothers. according to a
report by Red Cross medical officers.
The increasing amount OF blind
ness among children at birth was at
first thought TO indicate the advent
Of some new disease. Investigation.
however. established that the famish.
ed condition OF the mothers, reacting
on the infants. was responsible
There are now above 5000 600 desti.
tutc people in Poland. including more
than 1000 900 children.
VIENNA. Feb. 6.-''Death from
starvation is actually only a few
weeks OF for very large proper
ton of the people OF Vienna and for
certain sections OF Austria They are
today undergoing a slow process of
starvation. Only quick help can save
the lives of thousands upon thou
sands"
This is the desnairing message of
Chancellor Renner OF the Austrian
republic to the people OF America,
at time when the fate OF the whole
Austrian people appears to depend
almost wholly upon food relief from
il the United States.
Capt c. N. Leach Of the Ameris
can relief administration. who has
Just completed an inspection OF the
chiidren's relief work In Austria.
says:
The physical condition OF the
children thruout Austria is very bad.
In Vienna 30 per cent of the children
are seriously underfed and no i'm
provement in the general food situa-
ton Is In sight"
Walter Lyman Brown. director OF
the American relief administration
for Europe. says:
ut is difficult to imagine how these
people keep body and soul together
by questioning 500 children Sc
lected at random from different
kitchens It was discovered that 40
per cent received only a cup OF ar.
tificial black coffee for breakfast. that
40 per cent had a slice of black bread
with the coffee. 10 per cent being
fortunate enough to have a vegetable
broth or soup and 10 per cent having
no food at all until noon
AT night 25 per cent of these chill
dren go to bed without supper. Is per
cent have a cup OF coffee and a piece
Of bread and 10 per cent bread only
Less than SO per cent get a vegetable
soup consisting OF cabbage. carrots
or tomatoes with bread.
-The appalling discovery is made
that between and 8 per cent OF
! these children receive neither break
fast nor supper at home. but live
solely on the single meal served
daily by the Children's fund"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
MORE FOOD
QUICK WILL
SAVE BABIES

SARAJEVO. Feb. 6.--rhe Amer
lean relief program in Jugo-slavia.
which in the early winter was able
to meet the most imperative de-
mands Of hungry children. Is now
wholly inadequate TO meet the rapid
~ increasing demands made upon II.
The majority OF children OF school
age have only been kept In school
by the rations served In the school.
rooms. Large numbers OF both boys
and girls. hungry and emaciated.
have sought admittance TO the
schools in order that they might
share in the food distributed there.
II Is only in the school buildings that
the great majority Of children get
enough food to keep them above
actual starvation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
Frisky Raisin Is
Still Raisin' Hob

TERRE 1iAUTE. Feb 6.--Scien-
fists and some others who are not
scientists here are considering the
problem OF the barnyard chicken
and the fermented raisin. Recently
raisin mash confiscated by the
sheriff In still raid was fed Terre
Haute chickens. Result: Stewed
chicken?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06

CITY COUNCIL VIII act Monday
on expenditure of s22s.oo for arteri-
al highwy thru Fort Lawton district.
The road would stretch from w.
Wheeler st bridge to the fort proper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06

be fed II deaths are TO be cut down.
Heavy figures show the number OF
children being fed Light figures show
number who should be fed from now
until tho next harvest. The cost to
feed the starving children one life.
sustaining meal n day In cents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the

Queen Anne Alumni association will
be held Wednesday, February II. in
room 10s of the high school. The
business on hand includes election OF
1920 officers and the formulation of
plans for the annual reunion assem-
bly,. dance and picnic. The present
officers OF the association are George
Furber, president; Dorothy Thomas.
vice president; Cathryn Cochrane.
secretary, and Rupert Hamilton,
treasurer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
Ouch! It's Serious;
They Fine EN- Now
5000. 900 900 in England.

5000, 900 900 in England
SO. they advise the Britisher who
has given up his home TO move into
a hotel because OF restrictions and
the difficulty OF heating. to go home
again IL he knows what's good for
him.
The hotel proprictors are holding
meetings about II every week or two
and tho government is considering
what can be done to provide ample
accofnmo dations.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06

APOLLO CLUB OF Seattle give
its first concert OF the season
Thursday night in Odd Fellows
hall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
SPECIAL SESSION of the l.c,s,,

SPECIAL SESSION of the legisla-
turo TO reform the tax system was
Endorsed by Seattle Real Estate asso-
citation Thursday night. Taxation OF
stocks and bonds was suggested by
State Senator T. ID. Rockwell.
from those intimate with the admin
istration Of labor affairs. "Gompers
will have the votes"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
Shoes or No Shoes
Is the Question

RANGOON. Feb. e,-The eternal
shoe question has again bodied up
and been finally settled. Ancient us'
age dictates pagoda visitors be bare
foot Young Burmese conscientious
DIRECTORS insists that shoes are far
more religious. The British govern
ment has ruled that the trustees Of
each temple shall decide the shoo
matter with respect to the wishes q
majority of their congregations.
YAKIMA--Work about to boG1n
on canal thru Yakima reservaxloo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
MOTHERS FAMLSHED: CHILDREN BORN BLIND
.1S DIE; SO HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
French Express telescopes
Freight in Tragedy

PARIS. Feb. e.-Eighteen persons
we're killed and 60 injured today
when the Digon Express telescoped
a freight train.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06

Y. NJ. G. A. MEN were scheduled
to meet in annual state conven.
ton In Tacoma Friday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-06
FINANCIAL
PROTECTION

The strength of financial institution
lies in its capital, surplus and the charac-
ter of it's loans and investments.
Through our association of branches
in San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle, loans are made to diversified
lines of business in the different locali-
ties wherein branches are located. 1t is
unlikely that crop failure or industrial
depression will simultaneously affect the
entire Pacific Coast, which tends to keep
our assets in liquid condition and not i'm
pair credit facilities. Our surplus funds
are invested in high grade, readily con-
vertible securities.
The Bank of California, N. A., San
Francisco, and it's branches constitute,
one Association under one management,
and depositors at any one of the Banks
offices have the protection Of the entire
Capital and Undivided Profits of the AS
ISOLATION.
Founded 1864
Capital and Surplus Total Resources
$17,000,000 $l26,000,0O0
The
Bank of California
National Association
Seattle Branch
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-09
|usiness West
 l of River Facing l Famine in Cars

Washington, July 8.-Declaring eir business is threatened with de- fuction, representatives of nearly dozen industries today asked the ferstate commerce commission to yoke or modify it's order requiring lroads to accord preference to hl mines east of the Mississippi ter in the assignment of open top Is. Speaking at the commissions hear on the order declared their bu- hess would be forced to close and Rployes thrown out of work unless Ie order was rescinded or modified. &ere were no indications, however, ht the commission would make any Rnge in the order, which was issued b weeks agon for the purpose of leveing coal shortages through out
 eastern states.
 nrustries protesting against the Ter included those manufacturing dealing in crushed stone, cement
 wei and lime, and also general lding contractors. Preceding test pny of their representatives, the omission heard Daniel Willard
 lrman of the advisory committed
 the Association of Railway exc
 ves, who declared that priority
 Service favoring the more essen
 commodities was necessary to re. |e the present freight congestion
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Campaign Probe
 is Transferred
 To Saint Louis

Chicago, July 8-The seiate com mittee Investigating pro-convention campaign expenditures of candidates left tonight for St. Louis where it will retsume it's hearings tomorrow.
 Expenditures in behalf of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, who was a candidate for the democratic nomi- nation for president, are scheduled for investigation at tomorrow's ses- sion and nearly score of witnesses, including Edward Goltra, democratic national committeeman, and Joseph T. Davis, both of St. Louis, have been subpoenaed.
 Reports that Goltra paid $3 ,OO0 to delegates for expenses to the state convention which was responsible for the ousting of Senator Reed from his national convention seat were said by committee members to be one subject which will be investigated.
 Press dispatches from San Francisco today showed that Goltra and Davis are still there but Senator Kenyon said the committee would begin it's inquiry into MT. Palmer's campaign regardless of whether Goltra and Da- wis were present. The committee to- day finished it's hearings in Chicago with the testimony of Henry Lincoln Johnson, Georgia negro alleged to have received $9,O00 Lowden money, who declared supporters of General Wood spent more money than Gov ernor Lcwden in Georgia and that democrats spent more than both of the republicans.
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Modify Scope of
 the Interchurch
 World Movement

New York, July 8.-The general committee of the Inter-church World Movement, meeting here today to con- slider the future of the organization, voted to continue the movement "on greatly modified scale." Appoint ment of a committee of fifteen to confer with representatives of the denominations cooperating in the movement and to recommend a plan f reorganization, was authorized
 The decision of the general com mittee, which includes representa- tives of the thirty Protestant denom- nations in the movement, was reach. ed by adoption of report of sub committee of eleven, headed by Bish- op Thomas Nicholson of Chicago.
 Bishop Nicholson, in urging con- tinuance of the movement, declared "reactionary" tendencies which he said were shown in the two national political conventions, will be mani- fest in the churches, eff we permit this movement to end.'
 The report declared "the commit tee is unonimous in the convention that the main purposes and objects for which the Inter-church World Movement was created should be con- served and therefore the movement should be continued through on a greatly modified scale."
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Miss Carolyn Dean Will Take Up Work
 of Mrs. Lucy CritZ

Miss Sallie Chamberlin, district home department agent for southeast ern Arkansas, arrived here yesterday afternoon with Miss Carolyn Dean who will succeed Mrs. Lucy E. Critz as local home demonstration agent of the extension forces. Miss Deans five year connection with extension work constitutes an enviable record for efficiency and accomplishment She has held the office of county home demonstration agent in Ouach- ita and Columbia counties.
 "We are fortunate indeed to secure her services, and without doubt her efficiency and enthusiasm will give great impetus to the work among women and girls of the county County Agent David Thibault said yesterday.
 In company with the county agent c. H. Thomas and MT. Thibault, Miss Dean and Miss Chamberlain will to- day visit Altheimer, Wabbaseka and Redfield. Miss Dean proposes to pur. sue an active policy, getting out onto the farms, and into the homes of hel club women and girls, and presenting the government methods of dealing with household problems in practi. cal manner. She will occupy office room in the court house. Mrs. Crit2 is on an extended leave.
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STEPHENS WELL T0 | BE BROUHT IN LATE TODAY OR SATURDA' Concrete Causes UneXpecte Delay for the Drillers 5000 BBL. STORAGE
 ALREADY AT SIT Interest In Leases is Renewed Many Oil Men at Scene of Drill-
 ing are Awaiting Develop

Camden, July S.-The Standard q company's well at Stephens probba| will be brought in late tomorrow early Saturday, drillers who hal been busy at the well since la Wednesday, today informed offfcia of the company.
 It was expecvted when the .drilliI tsarted the well would be brought late today, but greater amount concrete il le well than the drille believed existed delayed the wor They dug through about 90 feet < this concrete, placed some time al today and expected to get throue with the balance, about 100 feet, t morrow or early Saturday. WhS the next 100 feet have been openS up the drillers will be on sand at the well may be brought in, they sal
 At Steuhens where there are larY crowds of oil men watching develo, ments, the spirit is extremely opt mstic. Interest in leases has. r vived and values which reached the high mark shortly before the Stan, ard made it's purchase here and whit since, of necessity, slumped som what again are on an upward tren
 At the well site there is stopAi capacity for 5000 barrels with [ earthen reservoir which can ho 10000 more.
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ATTORNEY REVEALS
 ELWELL'S SYSTEM OF
 HANDLING WOMEN
His Plan Was to Hold AlOof From Those He
 Sought
WOULD LEAD THEM
 THEN TO SEEK HIM
"Pay Rolp is Being Sought-One Woman Drew $50, Another $400 Monthly is
 Claim

New York, July 8-Search for a "pay roll" said to have been kept by Joseph Elwell, and for later will than filed for probate, today marked a new turn in the district attorney's investigation into the mysterious mur- der of the wealthy turfman and whist expert here last month.
 Banks in which Elwell kept funds were asked to furnish transcripts of his accounts for several months prior to his death. Evidence that the turf man had been paying one woman $50 and another $400 a month is being investigated in the hope that more light may be shed on such disburse- ments.
 Incidental to acknowledgement of this trend of the inquiry Assistant District Attorney Talley, related to- day some of Elwell's "tips on how to handle women" as told him, he said, by the horsemman's trainer.
 One of ElwelPs tactics, according to fthe story related to Talley was to held aloof from a woman he particu- Slarly admired. Then he would tell Bother women how much he liked hel #and continue apparently to avoid her. "This invariably brought the woman *he wanted to the point of seeking him." Talley added.
 In the search for will said to have been drawn in December, 1916, leav- Ing most of his estate to his son, Rich hrd, the district attorneys office con- kerred with Frederick Ingram, the at torney who said he drew it up. The Will now on file, drawn in 1915, left nothing to his son, all the property
 soing to the turfman's parents. No
 definite clues as to the whereabouts pf the later alleged document have
 Been uncovered so far, it is stated.
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LAF0LLETTE FOUND OBJECTIONABLE THIRD PARTY GROUP Single Taxes Balk at Plan to
 Support Wis
 cOnSan DISSENSION COMES
 SOON TO OBSERVERS Committee of AS and Single Taxers
Committee of AS and Single Taxers Conventions Open Saturday. Labor Party Will Hold Its
 Meeting Sunday

Chicago, July S.-Plans of a group 'of liberal and radical organizations for one united third party, with can didates for president and vice-presi- dent in the field, received setback today when single tax party members announced they would not support Senator Robert E. Lafollette, the ex- pected choice of the other groups.
 The single taXers who arrived to- day to prepare for their convention, declared they would bolt the combine land nominate a separate ticket if the majority chose Lafollette.
 While the single taxers were threat ened to present their own ticket Amos Pinchot and George L. Record, of the committee of AS were in Madison, Wis.,, today conferring with Lafollette who has received a majority of a mail straw vote of the party.
 The committee of 4S and single tax conventions open Saturday and on Sunday the labor party of the United States, another prospective member of the proposed third party combina- tion, meets here. The national non- partisan league, triple alliance of the northwest, national peoples league of Minnesota, world war veterans, and national public owenrship league have been invited to send fraternal dele gates to the conventions and later endorse the platform and candidates. Jerome c. Refs, single tax commit teeman from Pennsylvania, announced today that the single taxers would accept the committee of 4S invitation to attend the third party convention, but would leave if they were unable to prevent La Follettes selection as standard bearer.
 "The committe of 48 has most wonderful opportunity to create the long looked for new political party in America" he said. "But La Follett- ism will certainly be the wrong one to follow. I do not believe there is one delegate to the single tax party con- vention who could stomach La Fol lette and I am sure those from my own state are against him. La Fol- lette's entire political history is re- plete with the paternalistic or even socialistic legislation which the sin gle tax party unalterably opposes"
 Plans for the committee of 4S con- vention went ahead, however, unaf- fected apparently by the threat of the single taxers. J. A. H. Hopkins, national chairman, opened headquar- ters in down town hotel where the convention will be held, and several score delegates from various states reported.
 "We are delighted with the new party's prospects," MT. Hopkins said. "We have far more powerful nucle- us for fighting organization than the progressive party had in 1912. Our strength is coming from democrats as well as republicans. For the first time since the civil war there will be a break in the solid south"
 Announcement was made today that the mayor, William Hale Thompson, republican faction, had abandoned the idea of joining a third party move ment in Illinois.
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Negro Shot to ! Death by Mob of MissOurians

l Centerville, Mo-, July Sired Can Hex, an escaped negro convict was hot to death by mob of whites near Pere late yesterday. Canafex is al- |eged to have assaulted daughter of frank Simmons, farmer residing lear Ellington Tuesday night.
 Canafex escaped from prison road lamp near Ellington Tuesday and hortly after his escape was discov- red by the sheriff of Reynolds coun- who heard that the girl, a rural lail carrier, had been waylaid and ttacked by negro.
 A mob of armed farmers speedily Psembled and began the manhunt. he sheriff, fearing violence to Can Tex, swore in a posse with which to fotect him.
 Canafex was located and immediate
 riddled with bullets. The sher- f's posse was impotent against the furiated mob. The crowd dispersed ter killing the negro. The body hs turned over to the coroner.
 Canafex was sentenced to the pen- entiary for twenty years in 1914
 Jackson county, on charge of fst degree robbery.
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COX COOKS POTATOES AND MEATS IN THE
 OPEN FOR REPORTERS
Nominee Gets Far Away From Politics For One
 Day

Putting aside cares of presi- dential candidate, Governor James M Cox, the democratic nominee for pres
 ident, spent this afternoon on a farm, his boyhood home, thirty six miles from Dayton.
 Newspaper men found him with his coat off roasting potatoes and broil- ing lamb chops over a campfire in a small ravine some distance from the old homestead. His farm manager was with him.
 Taking the intrusion of the news writers good naturedly he invited them to share the lunIcheon, but finding it would take more potatoes chops and sandwiches he sent one of his men to Mddltown for an ad- ditional supply. Luncheon finally was served late in the afternoon.
 While the potatoes were roasting and the chops burning, the governor answered many questions concerning his boyhood4 which he spent on the farm. He discussed many phases of farming
 At the governors suggestion the pasture club.' was formed, having for it's membership the democratic candidate and the score of news writ CTS and camera men. Miss Marjorie Wilson of Cleveland, the only wo- man writer in the company, was unanimously elected president after being placed in nomination by the governor.
 Since he acquired the old Cox homestead two years ago Governor Cox is fast transforming it into a model farm
 Governor Cox intimated this even that he may make an early, reply to the telegram of Richmond P.i Hob- sen. anti-saloon league leader of Alabama, requesting that he make a definite statement soon of his posi- tion on enforcement of the federal dry amendment and congressional action to modify the Volstead act as to alcoholic content of liquors.
 It was also intimated bv the gov ernor that he may go to Washington socn for conference with Presi- dent Wilson. Telephone conversations between Secretary Humility and the governor have been held during the past few days it was said. The civic demonstration in honor of the democratic nominee will be held July 16. Interest now is turned to the approaching conference of the democratic candidate with the sub committee of the national commit tee and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vice, presidential nominee, which probably will be held Saturday. The governor will make no speaking en- agreements until he has conferred with the committee. Hundreds of in vitations to make addresses have been received.
 Cordial messages of congratula- tions and felicitations continue to arrive by the hundreds.