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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-29

Defendant.
The state of Washington to the
said Violette W. Keifer, Defend
Evening star., 1924-12-07

, experience, which was not, however,
entirely unexpected. 1t commenced
| by the appearance on the briege of a
very offensive Bolshevik sailor, who,
addressing me in g. tone Of. voice
which / was by no means prepared to
permit him to use, told me he repre-
| sented the Committee" of the crew
and was commissioned to tell me they
did not intend to allow the ship to
proceed. My answer, If short, was at
any rate extremely to the point, and
consisted of the order. Down hint"
The words had hardly left my lips
before he was down" all right, and
a good British bayonet was scratch
/ ing at his chest. waiting to act on the
| next order, whatever It might be.
There he remained till the firing
| ceased and there was time to attend
| to his business
That did not take long, as. by
somewhat primitive but most effective
use of an army boot, he was prevailed
upon to sit up. He was then told that
we were determined to take The ship
on to Enzeli; that we had reason to
know we would not be pursued
| (Which last was not, perhaps. the ex-
act truth), and that IL he could pre-
| vail on the crew to obey our orders,
each of them would receive 100
rubles Cat that time a large sum to
them) on our arrival at that port. II,
however, they were not prepared to
obey our orders, We were prepared to
| fight them at once.
He was then directed to stand up
and address his comrades over the
top of our dynamite to the above
effect, while my man kept his bRyo-
net point tickling his back. 1t was
SO evident that IL there was to be a
fight he would infaIlibly be the first
| casualty that he fairly burst himself
with arguments in favor of accepting
our proposal AS his audience were
pretty we'll cowed by the events OF
the night, they accepted at once.
As a precautionary measure. how
ever, in case OF pursuit, we did not
bear away south on our true course
for Enzeli, but held on due east for
FIVE hours, till we reckoned we were
far out in the Caspian Sea, many
miles east of the correct course. Then
we turned and steered due south all
the next day and night. till in the gray
of the morning Of the second day we
saw the Persian mountains rising up
ahead of us, and altered our course
to make the entrance of the harbor
at Enzeli.
THE danger of hitting the bar in
n entering the harbor was one
which, after the others we had al
ready come safely through, only made
Us inclined to laugh, and we held
straight on, and made our prepara-
Evening star., 1924-12-07
Fun of Living in French Castles
Enjoyed by Wealthy Americans

Chicago can say of their Chateau de
Menge: We've got two thousand
acres of forest. and can hunt big
game" is social perfection.
Nobody refuses an invitation to
the chateau" said the daughter of
Gen. George b. Mcclellan to me last
Winter. She is Nine. Paul Desprez,
her husband having been recently re-
tired from French diplomacy.
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rERTAINLY few Americans refuse
~ a first invitation. In spite of
steam heat. you may have to eat din
ner in your overcoat. This room
has not been restored since Charles
VII" the owner Will say proudly.
1T is Il little damp, 1 admit The
guests find IL romantic.
only a hundred steps more. and
you are at the top of the donjon."
says the owner. This tower was
built to watch the Moors, and you can
see hundred miles
You get into a sweat, climbing
for the view; and the cold wind up
there, risks you a pneumonia; but Il
is grand to think what scenes of war
and romance happened in these old
walls. In the bedrooms, during 500
years. strange, picturesque guests
restedi
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Americans reveI in this sort of
thing.
The French appreciate it very lit
tie.
The Detroit Miss Sands, who is now
Nine. de PRrsevai. tells me that she
discovered at Malijay a secret room
which was packed fun of bolts of
finest linen sheeting and napery,
great pieces of silk, towels and towel.
ing. and a dozen or more small OBJ
jects OF fine furniture. The stuff had
been hidden away 200 years and for
gotten,
Another former Detroit girl, Mrs.
Whitney Hoff Iwho was Miss Grace
Whitney,, found a concealed stair
way in the thickness of the wall
of her Chateau de Poyrieu, near
Aix.les- Bains.
And in laying the foundations OF
the new chateau she has just built
at Eze-sur Mer, between Monte Carlo
and Nice, Nine. jacques Balson (nee
Vanderbilt, and more recently Duch-
ess OF Marlborough came on a
secret subterranean passage CT beau-
tiful masonry, leading she will not
tell where, but, according to gossip.
haying been made by the pirates OF
the old rock town.
Evening star., 1924-12-07

tions to come into port in proper
style. These consisted, FIRST OF all, in
removing the detonators from the dy-
Mantle cases; secondly. iE hoistinG
the small British nag, whrcn had
nown on my car, It the masthead over
the Bolshevik flag; and, thirdly. IN
parading our party on the mueh-bat-
tered upper bridge.
SO in the end we came proudly into
port, with our decks covered with
guns and material OF all kinds, our
little vessel much battered and loaded
10 the utmost she could carry, 10
Englishmen all told (only Of whom
were soldiers), with 96 armed bolshe-
vtks obeying our orders in their own
shipi
Day was breaking as we came over
the bar, and the troops on shore were
mostly bivouacking along the banks
OF the entrance channel. AS they saw
the ship they had all given up for
lost coming in, and saw her cargo,
her battered condition and the little
Union Jack flying proudly over all,
they rose up with one accord and
gave US q truly British reception. It
was such a hearty and spontaneous
one that the recollection of that mo-
ment viii always remain to me as
one OF the proudest memories Of 9.
somewhat adventurous career.
(Copyright. 1e24.1
Evening star., 1924-12-07
Courage Is Displayed in kidnapping Dynamite Ship an

nISTINCTION has been added to g
~ distinguished he .itage by Lieut.
Col Rewiinson. member OF family
nSted in English history, who has
carried on" in a manner worthy OF
his name.
The worlds knowledge OF the Ian
gusges and customs of the ancient
Persians and Assyrians is due to his
father, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Rawlin-
son, renowned archaologist, Assyriol-
ogist, and diplomatist. For II years
Sir Henry lsbored in copying and de-
ciphering the trilingual inscriptions
on the mammoth rock of Behistum in
western Persia.
These inscriptions had remained
unread and undeciphered for more
than 1000 years, and as result of
his labors Sir Henry gave back to the
world a long-loSt language. with al
phabet, grammar and dictionary
complete. During Col. Rawlinson' S
own adventures in the Near East he
visited the famous rock OF BehistGn,
and found there q fountain dating
back to the days of King Darius,
nearly 2,500 years ago. He also pass
cd through what was the Garden of
Eden, or at least the place where
tradition has placed the early earthly
paradise.
Of Lord Rawlinson, who in the great
war commanded the British fourth
army In France, and Is now COM
mRnder-in chief of the British forces
in India.
In his younger days Col. Rawlinson
served in the 18th Lancers and was a
noted polo player. He gave up a
soldiers life to Let his mechanical
knowledge earn a fortune for him in
,..1 ff,N .tV,s
but as this did not satisfy his love
for excitement he took TO flying. his
international pilots certificate being
the third one issued He barely
escaped with his life in a crash, and,
after recovering from injuries. went
into business.
Giving up this at the outbreak of
the World War, he put himself, his
motor car and his machine guns at
the disposal of the army in France.
Later he was taken into the anti-air
defense of London, where he remain
ed until more important and more
dangerous work was found for him.
This took him to the Near East.
where he saw service in the last days
before the srmistice, and later was
intrusted with various missions in
the war after the war" Col. Raw
linson was in uniform continuously
from August, 1914 or Tor seven years
and FIVE months. 1t is with the lat
ter part OF this period-after the
end of the World War-that his
series of four articles chiefly deals.
Before the events narrated here.
Col Rawunson had gone with de-
tachment of the British forces to
Baku, on the Caspian Sea. in Trans
Caucasia Russia. This city had pre-
viously been in the hands OF the
Bolshevists, but they had been ousted
and replaced by the central Caspian
dictatorship" which had asked the
English operating in the Near East
TO assist them in resisting the Turk
Ish attacks on the city.
Col. RRwllnson was made con
troller general OF ordnance and was
given full control of all arsenals, fac
tories and ammunition in the city.
Evening star., 1924-12-07
By LIEUT.. COL. A. RAWLINsoN.
c, NJ c., T.. b. E.. ID. 20.

- dORTLY after our arrival in
Baku the Turks shelling of the
city became much more severe
~ and, as the lines were Irawn in
nearer the city, they 'yere able
10 search out our headquarters and
ships with greater ease and accuracy
Ny ammunition dumps became liable
20 be hlt and blown UP at any moment
and il was evident that the hour was
close At hand when further defense
would become impossible.
Under these circumstances 1 took
great pains TO place as much smmu-
milton as possible III old hulks which
were anchored in the harbor and
which we could sink on the fall of
the town. / had at my disposal a
small Russian steamer, named the
Armenian. of about 200 tons, which
made use OF daily In shipping the am
munitlon out to the hulks.
Flying the Bolshevik flag and being
manned by Bolshevik sailors, who act
ed under the orders OF the Caspian
government, its movements created
little, II any, uneasiness in the minds
Of the dictators, and each day on it's
return to It's r1oorings i saw to IL that
7n ever-increasing stock OF selected
munitions remained in the hold. in
stead of being distributed on board
AS its loading was a daily occur
renee. no suspicion of my intentions
was aroused even in the minds of the
captain and crew, and in a few days
! succeeded in having it full to the
hatches with a selection of the best
high explosive ammunition in the
town, which IT was my intention to
endeaVor to save from the Turks
To that end all my men were set to
work TO load the little steamer Ar
Inenian with as much as she could
carry of those munitions which would
be of the greatest value TO US and the
greatest loss to the enemy. So that
when, late in the afternoon, the Brit
Ish officer commanding the town told
me evacuation had been decided on.
my own preparations were already
far advanced
J; x x ::
A s DUSK began to fall sailed
forth along the quays to report
20 the chief, Maj. Gen. L. c. Dunster-
Vile, then on board his ship, the
Kruger, resisting hysterical and fan
Evening star., 1924-12-07

proach. Meanwhile l stood by his
side with my pistol drawn, and swore
to him by every oath / could think
OF in Russian that II the ship did not
keep a straight course, or II any
signal was made, ! would shoot him
on the spot and take the ship out in
spite of him.
This was said sufficiently loudly TO
be heard all over the deck and so
much impressed the crowd that l
remember we'll seeing one OF them
who attempted to light a cigarette
Knocked down by his neighbors. who
were in an agony of fear.
II y n =
r UNFORTUNATELY. the sides of the
poop and bridge or the Armen-
ian were painted white. and so were
fairly easily distinguished while prov
identially the long low-lying hull
forward. where the greater part OF
our high explosives were slowed, was
black and more or less invisible.
We were therefore soon seen from
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Such was the respect aroused by our
confident attitude, backed by bayonets
and machine-gun. as we'll as by my
Colt automatic, that the mob did not
attempt TO follow US. but remained
where they were. while all those who
had forced they way through our
line found their retreat to the shore
cut Off. and these we forced on board
In front OF Us literally at the points
OF our bayonets.
This had much TO do with our
eventual success in overawing such
a crowd as we had on board--all
armed and openly our enemies, and
numbering s6 TO our picket of 4
soldiers, . drivers and 1 batman.
The ropes were soon cut, and hav-
Ing kicked the plank overheard pro-
ceeded to the bridge, with my pistol
in my hand. where stood a very sulky
Russian captain. For the moment
took no notice OF him, but busted my
SELF giving orders as to the training
OF the machine guns in the car to
command the deck, and for the dem
Evening star., 1924-12-07
Wyoming Woman, Governor,
Upholds Business Methods

Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, elected
Governor Of Wyoming, tells in this
statement what she hopes TO do
while serving out the uneNpired
term OF her husband, W. B. Ross.
who died in Office. The term runs
to January, 1927.
Mrs. Ross IS one OF the two
women elected to the governor
ships of American States last
month. the other being Mrs. Mi
riam Ferguson of Texas.
The late Gov. Ross died while
campaigning for a constitutional
amendment imposing a severance
tax on exploiters of Wyoming's
mineral resources. The effect of
such tax on oil companies was
Evening star., 1924-12-07

son between the effect of explosion
and the concussion caused by detona-
tion. without doubt, had any one of
the seven shells we actually received
in our superstructure been a high
explosive one, we should have gone
up like a skyrocket!
Needless to remark, az soon as the
firing ceased we plugged as hard as
we could for the open sea, and ] had
little doubt We should not be pur-
sued, as there were at least 200 ves-
vels in the harbor behind, and had
the guard vessels moved all those
vessels would have put out TO sea at
once. Also, l was pretty sure that
they had not been warned of our
coming, thanks to our precautions,
and had no idea who we were, or
that we were worth pursuing, or they
would have had their larger guns
and searchliEhts in action, when our
chance would evidently have been nil
Evening star., 1924-12-07
BY NELLIE TAILoE ROSS,
Elected Governor of wyoming.

w YHEN the question first came
n to me, as it has from
wv many quarters. what /, as
governor, will try TO do
for the state OF Wyoming,
! confess TO feeling akin to pidue.
My first thought was that when my
husband was elected two years ago to
the same Office 10 immediate demand
was made OF him to state precisely in
what way he expected to Justify his
(Contfnued ON Sixth Page,)
Evening star., 1924-12-07

one of the issues of Mrs. Ross
campaign. She herself, widowed,
made her fight by staying at home.
Evening star., 1924-12-07

the gunpowder IN common shells
"explodes." whereas high explosive
"detonates," and there Is no compari-
Evening star., 1924-12-07

~ HORTLY after our arrival in
Baku the Turks shelling of the
city became much NOR, severe
and, as the lines were Irawn in
nearer the city, they '.ere able
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Continued on Sixth Page.)
Evening star., 1924-12-07

THE danger of hitting the bar in
n entering the harbor was one
which, after the others we had AL
ready come safely through, only made
US inclined TO laugh, and we held
straight on, and made our prepara-
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

The most popular garment for
children's wear offered in our store
II the Lee Union-all. 1t 10 made to
fit. IL strongly sewed. wears we'll.
launders nicely and looks lust like
dads" We have this garment In
sizes l to 8 years and In two colors
sulphur dyed khaki and in the ex-
press stripe. II you have tried this
garment you know how good It Is.
II you have never bought the LEE
UNION-ALL there IL q pleasant sur
prise In store for you.
ssss ses
Mr. and Mrs. Serum. Leila Mount
and Rochelle Harney motored Up
to the Alder Creek Ranger Station
last Sunday and spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Menlo Thomas and
family. They found the roads In
good condition.
. . - -
I've noticed one thing In the last
few weeks" said the Pup last Sat
urday. "and that 10 that the school
boys that entered the Pap Cap Con-
test are the wide awake little bust
ness men Of RE Grande county"
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
Old VALLEY ENClNEER DE

Many Monte Vista residents will
no doubt remember c. W. Woody,
enSinser on the D. L R. @. w. rail-
way valley division for 2l years and
will learn with regret that he passed
away At his home in Hooper Tues
day Of hast week of typhoid fever
and complications. Funeral services
were held Saturday at Hooper and
interment at Speicer cemetery.
Mr.. Woody and family had resio
ed six years in Hooper coming to
that place from Salida and we're
we'll known over the valley.
The deceased Is survived by 4
wife. one son. c. L. Woody of Ala
mosa: four daughters. Caroline, at
the family home. Mrs. w. d. Terrell
Of Alamosa. Mrs. Clarence rrede Of
ealfda. and Mrs. Frank Gwartney
Jr.. OF Longbeach. Calf.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
SOLDIERS, AoslE NOTE


Tho radio broadeastins received
By Captain Sweeney duriag the past
week has been exceptionally good.
The variety ranged from Turkey in
the Straw" to Grand Opera. Last
Wednesday evening the broadcaster
At Fort Worth, Texas. startled tn.
audience. or some Of them rather
to quite IN extent. His question
was ~ follows: III It happened to
be raining gum-drops. would It
necessarily mean that the old men
were losing their false teeth!"
Tho following evening We were
again favored with 4 very fine radio
program which continued uninters
rupted during the moving pictures.
Harry Carey in Man to Man" had
the personnel at attention" most Of
the time. This production in 8
reels proved to be all that was sx-
pected.. very good.
Rev. Kepart's text last Sunday
afternoon was taken from the 1st
verse. 18th chapter. Paul's letter to
the Romans. II beseech you there
fore. brethern. by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies q
living sacrifice, holy. acceptable un-
to God. which Is your reasonable
service. - While Rev. Kephart always
makes = wonderful impression at
the Home. this particular sermon
certainly proved intensely interest
ing. The manner OF expressing Just
what satisfaction was to be had in
making an unselfish sacrifice. was
surely worthy Of some thought.
Comrade Frank A. Phelps return
ed from Pueblo where he was visit
ing with relatives. We understand
that Frank had a birthday while
away from the Home"
Captain and Mrs. Crandall have
returned from Denver and are again
at home In cottage 3.
MIR. and Mrs. T. d. Mather have
returned from an extended visit in
Telluride. Colorado.
The number of sick In the hospi-
tai at the present time 10 less than
Il has been for many years. Re-
ferrinE to general sickness through
out the camp. nothing Of u serious
nature has been reported.
Changes In the personnel Of the
Home: To furlouGh: Lewis A. Paris.
I'd. Riley From furlouGh: F. A.
Phelps. d. W. Butts. Mr.. and Nra.
J. =. Crandali. Mr.. and Mrs. T. d.
Mathsr.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fordham left
Monday evening for their home At
Formosa. Kansas. after spending q
week visiting Mr.. Fordham's brother
Earl who lives northeast Of Monte
Vista.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
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49,

Friday the 18th. THE Dog House
Fell Down" and happy excited boys
began to BRING in anywhere from
one Pup" up to an armload Of
'Pnps". Friday. you know. was
. the last day the bsys could enter
their pups In the Pup Cap Contest
II you did not sse our window Of
pups last Saturday be sure and see
this window the next time down
cows. A. you will be pleased to see
the splendid work turned out by our
boys.
: The prize winners In the contest
were. lst Warren Leonard. 3nd.
Emelio Gonzales. 3rd. Clyde Nash.
There were many good pups en-.
tered in the contest and the follow
ing boys deserve honorable mentioh
Leafs Oulsow. Charles Edman.
Harold Abernathy. Morley Brand.
borg. Wesley Smith. Vernon Gray.
Wesley Davis. Ralph Ayers. Orovsr
Lambert. Cecil Blsdsoe. Eugene
Cray. Alva jennings. Donald
Matthias and Lucas Mccullough.
800 - ..
Every few days We receive .
shIpmsnt Of the latest styles and
newest creations In dresses from
Auch firms ~ the Palmer Garment
Company. shuerman Brothers. and
Marshaii Field Z Co. These firms
put out only quality garments and
their name on the label Of the same
assures you Of full value and the
utmost satisfaction In material, tail
orlsg and style.
- . .
Mrs. A. r. Baird finds the iittis
matter Of making contracts. bring.
lag abstracts down 10 date. signing
dssds asd ste.. Vsits = pleasant
divssslon during . weeks business
rYutiAs. Mrs. Baird sold . piece Of
property o. the corner Of Frsakiia
sal 0rasd 10 the trustees Of the
Mlssioa church last Saturday.
- . .
This 10 baking powder wssk. n.
ssaally attractive prices Oh aii.
brands.
Joha Pepper of Sargent. who has
bsGa ~ With YAsunstism anA Who
underwent IN opsSatioe for removal
OF tossiis last week is reported
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

The B. c. Kendrick family OF
Center have moved here to make
their home. Mr.. Kendrick 10 the
new proprietor Of the Dyer Bros.
pool hall.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

SAVE MONEY. by painting your
home with Komac Pure Paint. We
carry line for every purpose. The
Monte Vista Hardware Co.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

Col. Howard Macy. the auctioneer.
reports that the Hawkins Chandler
sale on Thursday OF last week was
one Of the most successful OF the
season. Most Of the stuff sold we'll
and cows sold ~ high q 3l4l.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
sAvR on YoUR MONUMENT

I have % assnts or saissmsa -
the road and can save you from %
70 80 pr esAt on youP Memorial.
u you viii csli Or drop ~ . liss.
J win call with . full aal conpiste
tiee Of oall1a grsnlte. DO not
substitute. Lets get aequaintsA.
8ALtOA RETAIL GRANITE CO.
n. 4. Clasy, Peoo,
lll ?. q. 0aiida, coto,
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
PAINTING LESSONS

In water color. pastel. china and
oil. Mrs. N. NJ. Bodine and daush.
ter. $40 Dennis, phone 176W.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

Not very many attended the Ep-
worth League social but 4 good time
was reported.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07

Miss Katherine Eichman was q
Sunday dinner guest OF Rev. and
Mrs. Glen Konkel.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-03-07
FAssErrs STORE NEW,
. : . : : . ; ;

"Msn. who work hard and live
bparinsly, are seldom or never
kroubled with low spirits." Many
|Df the problems facing. men toaay
|ars the direct result OF their man
ner Of living and lack Of hard labor.
H 10 not 70 much the high cost Of
living that u hard to meet At It 10
khe cost Of high living.
. . . .
LUCKY FOR US
The Summerfield sun thinks 1t IL
. good thing hens don't know how
much nasons get for laying bricks.
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