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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-03

office and power. or made 10 respect
the laws and the taxpayers.
with the help and cooperation
~ OF at least one other member OF
the board. would vote 10 sum.
marily dismiss all unnecessary and
useless employees within the juris.
diction OF the board My policy is
fewer employees and better pay. | am
opposed 10 the tribute system. | am
not in favor OF allowing officials and
employees 10 put relatives on the
county payroll and the records show
| do not employ my own. origi.
mated the move 10 reduce tho mum.
Der Of county owned autos and am
responsible for y reduction Of IL ears
Turn TO l-age Z, Column y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-03
SHANGHAI FACES
BRISK ATTACK
Kiangsu Troops, With Air
planes, Advancing on City

SHANGHAI. China. Sept. 9-Ki.
anRsu troops. estimated at more than
10000. began an attack in force on
Shanghai today.
Under cover OF artillery fire with
airplanos roaring overhead. the at.
lacking forces advanced on q long
semi.circular front shortly after day.
Turn TO Page !, Column u
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ii am at present county commits.
i sioner In the Second district
O-I have never had any financial
q dealings with King county.
C-I have lived in the county 40
- years. l own property on which
pay $500 in annual taxes. am
paying my own campaign expenses.
No county omploye. organization or
person has contributed a dollar TO
me for campaign purposes No
promise has been made 20 any or.
sanization.
Il win continue warfare against
r all officials and employees OF the
county who abuse the trust imposed
in them for private gain or political
profit, until they are driven from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-03

The convention % port officials
was opened wednesday morning
shortly after 10 o'clock by George
b. Lamping. member Of the Seattle
commission. and president OF tho
coast association.
Port officials from every port from
San Diego TO Vancouver. Il. C. were
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-03
KHAN CHIEF ACCUSED
WILD COYOTE R0AMS
CITY NEAR TWELFTH
AND ALDER. They SAY

A COYOTE VAS running loose
II In the district near Twelfth
and Alder Wednesday. according
20 residents who called The Star
The animal made - appearance
around o'clock IN tho morning
and vas observed By several per.
cons prowlinE around,
one Of the callers asked The
Star 70 send out a reporter with a
shotgun. but all the shotgun nc.
portsrs were. ID vas revealed dur,
ins a check Of the office. engaged
on ether buslntm
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-03

Howdy. FOLKS. School opened
yesterday, and u j. now open
,eascn on adcnoids.
When Little Johnny "a backward al
.shool hts mother SAYS u Is genius,
rs father says Il Is laEiness, the
teacher says u IA eussedneas. and the
ssc,or says Il Is adenoids
% course. v fhe boy msrders
isreAsfy esa his parents are
rccfihr. ~ aiicnisis don't say he
sas edeuaias ThcR tay ~ hat a
psyckotis- or ~eraiics ego,
Nsthsr adrnoids. tonsiis ucr ap.
psndiess seem 20 serve aRy useful
parpose. outside Of paying some
Young Doctors offiec rent
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Hear Rate Protest
in Portland Oct. 2

SALEM. Ore, Sept. S.-The pub
h. service commission today set
October as the date for a formal
hearing on the complaint Of the
Portland Housewives council reia-
tive TO rates and services OF the
Portland Street Railway psteA
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AVIATORS
Soon DUE
in BOSTON
Lieut.. Wade to Join
Flight at Pictou,
Next Landing of
Planes Now in Air


DICToU. \. &. Sept. al Tbs
L American ound-the-world ayia-
tors drew near Pietou this after
noon. Al AIS .. m. Canadian naval
seaplanes took the air 10 guide the
world flyers into the harbor.
Thousands Of people we're await
ing the alrmen. The docks were
crowded and the great crowd eI-
tended over the surrounding hill
tops
The world flyers passed over the
destroyer Coghisn, the last station
ship on the flight here. at 7:02 p. 10.
They are expected 10 shsht in the
bay before { o'clock
uALIFAX. y. s. sept 3-The
IL American rouna.,he.world avn
tors left Hawkes. Bay \. r fer
Pictou Harbor. y. s.. al iiN5 a. m.
Atlantic time. according 10 a radio
received here from the former port.
The two planes, with commander
Smith and Nelson and their com
panions aboard. passed over the
cruiser Milwaukee. 100 miles from
the takeoff. at 1895 Eastern stand.
ard time.
The flyers passed over the destroy
er MacFarland shortly after ,. m.
flying high. straight 10 the south.
west.
The Coghalan radioed a few mia
utes later that she expected TO pic's
them Up within an hour. She IS the
last ship station the airmen will fiy
over anal their arrival in Pietou q
expected between and =. m. New
York time.
II is planned TO make the flight
from Pictou Hsrbor TO Boston
THURSDAY. with Lieut. Leigh wade
joining his comrades in a new air
plane. replacing the one wreckei
on the flight 70 Iceland
WEATHER CLEARS
FOR FLIGHT
The weather which had beer
rainy and overcast earlier in Tn,
morning. was clearing as the flyers
took off from Hawkes. Bay and
scared away 10 the southwesi
toward Pictou Harbor
Radio reports from destroyers
along the route reported conditions
generally favorable and IL was
hoped the ss0-mile flight could be
accomplished in less than six hours
Strong head winds. which pre-.
vailed during the flight from Ice
Tickle TO Hawkes. Bay yesterday.
died down during the night and fog
Ky weather. which followed the rain
squalls, was being diSsipated by
good breeze.
The L. S. s. Barry. awaiting the
flyers in the harbor at Pictou. re-
ported that the buoys marking the
places where the flyers win alight
were placed last night and that all
was in readiness 10 receive them.
The Boston II. in which Lieuten-
ant Wade viii rcjoln his comrades.
was anchored near the spot whore
they WI alight. wade's new ma
chine has been tuned up and he Is
ready 20 take Off with Lieuis. Smith
and Nelson on the flight from Pic
tou to Boston tomorrow. The cruis-
or Richmond has taken up her pc
sition off Cape George. Nova Scotia.
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LII GEE GEE. III OFFICE
NAnTF. St.L
n eyery weuian's face vas her
fartune. some wonid be arrested
fur counisrieiting.

secretary Of War weeks declares
ihst 0ne-haif q American citlzeus
se sahnormal
Psrsoas who cat peanuts AZ movie
'htzisrs should sue him Tor ibeL
sisisr steals ~ uafchca.
Sisier lfs ny piss
Whea SiFfer says hcr pruvrfs y
church,
: aecf Aer evrs aas srIs
nj 3 r
rsisegc !, Or not. Jack salmon Z
alss EisnaseE Of the Alaska Con
sofslzied cannerica Co. In seattle.
TIC ncw telephone directory = out
fhis seck. but there Is no seal TO
trtak. 50 we can't have any fun open
hS 4 before tho time sst.
w DIARY
f3fptsmhrr -
10 hsiiznrs- and 20 bunting rup-hroorss
s.hira IN. hln. bot either fhey be an
E.saily coy. % ~ set grown. fer non-
~ see IBy ferry 70 tovn. ard 10 werk.
hst did fe-i IKE IIffIe Homer brew. Dr.
~hs I'D this day eemnenee school. ard
i-a.~d nevrr doth school begin In the
sutsns that do not remember the-e
iirst ears " class. ard the arony fhrrrof.
- r. hons. and 10 reading TIE Tat
fes-d Countess a ussrrie tsyie by Van
Nsshten. ard not 80 fsstastick ., his
usnt. Ansa 20 bod.
Scientists were unable 10 get In
Communication with Mars b. radio.
Why didn't they try teiephonins?
To the man from the country. the
city seems like just one parking sign
after another. And TO the man from
the city. tho country seems to be
Just one mosquito bite after another.
TosaYs definition A democracy
Is country ichere tho cifi-eHs 90
vild orcr the risit Of foreign
prisce
Z don't want the motion picture
vote; | want the sensible Vote
Charles G.. Dawes.
Az motion picture fans win please
vote for B8il Montana for vice prcsi-
dent.
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@See. hers the tew port site iec got recently tho
city" says Seattle Port Commissioner William S. Lincoln
Charles H. Spear president of the board of state harbor
commissioners, San Francisco shoHg the Californian the
old Skinner and Eddy plant from the roof Of the Bel St
terminal Wednesday. Commissioners from all oUer the
coast met here to discuss port problems.
y re
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DIZZY DuTTiEs


beu1I be 30 proof.
By and by.
Today's Fable. Once upon a time
bandits made their getaway in car
and reporters didn't ray that they
escaped in a high-powered auto.
The race in the American league IL
very close. Washington leading the
Yankees by only 100000 gate re.
ceip,s.
National Mobilization Day has been
81 for September Il.
LII Gee Gee Is going 10 observe
inc day BY saving tinfoii.
We'd celebrate Mobilization Day
except that our uniform has re.
NAMED at parade rest.s while our
waist line has been doing double.
hms for five years.
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TODAY: PAUL
South District Commissioner Answers
The Stars Ten Questions" Today

Drank H. PAUL present county commissioner from the
South district and candidate for reelection today
answers The Stars 10 Questions for Commissioners The
replies of the candidates being printed one day. Paus
answers:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
ALLOW MOTION BY SINCLAIR
LAWYERS IN OIL CASE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s:-The
District of Columbia Supreme Court
today allowed motion by attorneys
for Harry L. Sinclair for a special
appeal from an order by the Dis
trict Supreme Court overruling Sin
clairs demurrer to an indictment
charging contempt of the state by
his refusal to answer questions of
the senate committee.
The courts ruling today will ex-
pedite action In the case, both sides
having declared that it will be ap-
pealed to the United States Supreme
Court for final decision.
Sinclair was indicted on ten counts
for his refusal to answer nine ques-
tions asked by the committee. After
arguments of demurrers before JUS
tice Hoehling OF the District Su.
preme Court. four of the counts
| were quashed and an appeal wa
| then taken to the District of Colum
| bia Court of Appeals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
DUEL IN STREET
D YER WOMAN
TWO ARE JAILED
carteret Man Battles with
Local Negro in Prospect
Street, Shots Fired
NOT EFFECTIVE, HOWEVER
Cops Risk Lives to Stop the
BattIe-Shots Enter Tene-
ment House in that Vicinity

Two local police officers. Patrol
man Joseph Dwyer and Trainc olncer
Nels Lybeck, risked their lives yes
terday afternoon in capturing two
negroes who had participated In a
street gun duel on Prospect street.
Charges of assault with attempt TO
kill will be heard in the local court
next Thursday morning.
Perry Jones, colored, thirty-two,
of 13 Bergen street, Carteret, came
to this city yesterday afternoon TO
see a woman friends, known as
Rosebud" He packed a .38 calipre
Colt revolver and when he approach
ed Charles Jackson, colored, thirty
eirht. of 335 Prospect street, the
latter was informed that the gun
was carried to be used.
4 gentlemen's agreemen was made
for a couple of seconds. SO that jack
son could go into his house and when
he returned he had a As calibre Colt
revolver in his possession. just VINO
fred first, has not been brought put
II is known that four shots were
fired in all, two by each man ana
the lives of pedestrians and neigh
bors were endangered.
Two shots were fired in the FROM
of the negro tenement house ana
two in the rear, one shot goine
through a fence and denting the side
of an adjoining building. one gun
had only two balls, 1t is alleged anu
the other jammed. just now the
negroes missed with the aiinos.
rifles no one can unoerslanu, ~.
the witnesses say both men did plen-
ty of ducking. -.
.Joe Dwyer, the man on the beat,
and officer Lybeck, doing trafhc duty
at the Prospect and Smith street
corner. went to the scene in separate
cars and a search of the negro
houses in the belt" was started. The
search led to a yard at 356 Stanford
street. where Jones had sought shel-
Ter in a shed. His revolver was
found under the porch at 356 and
then the search for Jackson, known
as "Poor Boy" was continued.
Jackson was arrested at the cor
ner of Prospect and Smith by the
two officers, and his revolver was
found in little building in the rear
of his home. Both men, 1t is aliegeo,
have admitted the part they played
in the shooting affair. There are
some differences between residents
of the "belt" and trouble as OIL yes
terday has been anticipated.
In court this morning, Jones was
represented by David T. Wilentz and
jackson by Jacob s. Karkus. the
initial charge made by the ponce,
disorderly conduct, was changed TO
assault with attempt to kill. and the
hearing was postponed to next
!. Thursday when Assistant prosecutor
John f. Toolan will appear to repre-
sent the police.
Acting Sergeant Reager, anu Oni-
cers kurpiel Buchan and Mason as
stated in the search for the gunmen
yes.eT day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
RAILROAD MERGER NEAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Awaiting
only formal ratification of the pro-
posed 'nickel plate" merger by the
Pere Marquette Railway company,
scheduled to be voted by the direc-
tors today, the Van Sweringen in
terests of Cleveland are prepared to
offer an exchange of securities to
stockholders of thv five roads In
volved and to go before the inter-
state commerce commission for final
approval of the consolidation.
The Pere Marquette meeting was
advanced to today at the request of
the Van Sweringens in order to
speed up the merger plans. Direc-
tors OF the other roads-the present
nickel plate" Chesapeake & Ohio,
Hooking Valley aud Erie-already
had given their assent. AS soon as
possible after Pere Marquette has
accepted the offer, letters will be
dispatched to stock holders of all
roads outlining the terms and in
viting the deposit of stocks subject
to interstate commerce commission
approval.
The first official announcement of
the terms for an exchange of shares
will be contained In the letters to
stockholders. These, 1t is under
stood, will be the same as those
semi-officially outlined by bankers
early this month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
BIG ROBBERY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-In the
arrest early today of two men and
a woman charged with the robbery
of Alexander Feldenheimer Of $780,
900 worth of uncut diamonds on
August %, the police and private
detectives representing Lloyd's of
London believe they nave taken the
first step in the disorganization of a
clever band of gem thieves, and the
clearing up of robberies involving
millions of dollars worth of jewels.
The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Burns,
twenty-five years old. turned over
to the police $4,750 which she said
was the remainder of the money OBJ
tanned from the sale of the dia-
monds. The other prisoners. James
j. Burns, a chauffeur, the woman's
husband, and Harry Change, both
twenty years old, denied any con-
nection with the case.
The woman prisoner, according
to the police, admitted having taken
park in the robbery of Feldenheim-
er's office. which Is on the ninth floor
of ITO Broadway. Feldenheimer
and a customer were bound with
picture wire before the robbers be-
gan selecting their loot.
Gerard Luisi, representative of
Lloyd's. declared the arrests to be
"the opening wedge in the complete
disorganization of a clever band OF
international gem thieves. This
band, he said, was responsible for
the theft of more than $4,000, 100
worth of Jewels during the past year
in the wholesale jeweIry district, be-
low the police "dead-line".
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
ARRESTED ON GIRLS CHARGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S-John Fitz-
gerald, forty-two. who gave his ad-
dress as 354 Mercer street, Jersey
CITY. and Harry j. Mccarthy, TWEEN
ty-eight, who said he lived at 2l6
Montgomery avenue, Jersey City,
were arrested early today near sta
pleton, S. l., on complaint Of ftiss
Eleanor Vaughan, thirty-six, of Jer-
sey City. She did not give her
street address. Fitzgerald was
charged with assault and highway
robbery and Mccarthy with attempt
I'd assault and highway robbery.
Returning from a party at Great
Kills beach, where she met the two
men, according to Miss Vaughan's
story, she accepted an offer OF an
autonobile ride to the ferry. She
said the men attacked her at lone
" SPOT on Hylan Boulevard, snatch
ing two diamonds rings which she
valued at $2,950. One of the rings
was found later near the scene of
the alleged assault.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
TEACHERS PENSION ACTION

TRENTON. Aug. 28.-Holding
that the $1,200,000 appropriated by
the last legislature for the teach
ers' pension fund was for all obliga-
tions. the attorney general today ad-
vised the comptroller the request of
the pension trustees for $2,440, ,046
for administration of the fund this
year should be denied. A check for
$1,200,000 has been drawn by State
Comptroller Bugbee for the pension
fund.
There is now a fund of $p,S50,338
school moneys to be distributed to
the counties. If the trustees had
been upheld the counties would
received $1,710,292.74. The school
moneys come from the 1923 ratables
of $4,12S, 6,149, ,03 of railroad prop
erty.
Middlesex county will receive
$104, ,489.46 September 1. II the full
demands of the trustees had been
granted Middlesex apportionment
would have been s60,571.8S.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
STATE TROOPERS
GET LIQUOR CAR
Scranton Man Arrested and
Brought to Local Jail
Arraigned in Newark

Donald Leahy. twenty-five years
old. a chauffeur. of ga Hickory
street. Scranton, Pa. was apprehend-
ed by State Trooper Eldridge and
Corporal Dunn, of the Franklin
Park station late yesterday after
noon on a charge of transporting
liquor. The capture was made be-
tween Franklin Park and New
Brunswick.
Dun II and Eldridge were work.
ing on Information given by Pro-
hibition officer Wilbert Dey. of
Woodbridge. attached to Director
Adrian Chamberlain Newark office.
Some time ago the license number
of the Scranton car was given to
the state policemen and after Leahy
had been apprehended. the prohibi-
ton man was notified.
The prisoner was taken to local
police headquarters by the prohibi-
ton and two state police officers. and
lodged in the local jail. His automo o.
bile containing between ten and
twenty cases of liquor. was kept in
the local police yard over night and
this morning the prohibition man
had his prisoner drive the car and
liquor to the Newark warehouse.
Leahy. it Is expected. Will be ar
raigned before commissioner in
Newark at which time bail for a
late hearing will be asked. The
Scranton man intimated that he OBJ
tanned his load at Long Branch and
was bound for Scranton.
Gossip in local police circles is 10
the effect that trouble in bootleg
cling circles is responsible for the
knocking off" of the Scranton run
ner. 1t is probable that other run
ners became jealous of the business
of Leahy or his bosses. and gave his
license number to the prohibition
officials. Several sets of plates were
found In the automobile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
BRYAN AGAIN CHARGES
MILITARISTIC PRORGAM

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2S.-Des-
pite President Coolidges interpreta-
ton of plans for observance of De-
fense Day, September IL, as purely
voluntary proposition, Governor
Bryan, Democratic presidential
candidate, declared today that the
war department is proceeding with
its "militaristic program" for the
day.
1.-The War Department plan," Gov
ernor Bryan said, sis conflicting and
out of harmony with the civil head
of the government, which Is su-
preme. 1t is attempting to go ahead
with its militar.stic program regard
less of the fact that the president
ton"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
STOLEN CAR
IS RECOVERED
Ed Hyrne's Machine Caught
in Woodbridge-Alleged
Thief Held in Bail

Clever work on the part of Motor
cycle officer Carl Sundquist, of the
Woodbridge police department, re-
suited in the arrest late yesterday
afternoon of j. L. MacSwan. thirty.
a salesman of Franklin street,
Natick, Mass. on a grand larceny
charge, and the recovery of the
Chevrolet sedan automobile of Ed
ward ID. Hyrne, of IL Osborne
street. Keyport, the secretary and
treasurer of the Perth Amboy Typo
graphical Union. The theft was
made on Madison avenue, alongside
of the News office where Mr.. Hyrne
Is employed.
The activities of MacSwan, a tall,
we'll appearing man, about the
Hyrne car were noted during the
afternoon, but no consideration was
given at the time. Wnen Mr.. Hyrne
left the News building and found
the car missing, it was necessary for
him to go to his nome and obtain
the necessary information about the
car numbers. as his cards were In
the stolen automobile.
Sundguists' Work
officer Sundquist was doing relief
duty for the traffic officer on the
main road and MacSwan driving
north. went against the stop" sign.
The officer blew for him to stop and
1t was necessary for Sundquist to
chase the autoist on motorcycle.
Without the proper cards and
claiming to have the car of an Am
boy friend, MacSwan was taken to
headquarters at Woodbridge for an
investigation. The local police were
notified. but they knew nothing Of
the theft at the time.
AT about TO o'clock, Hyrne re-
ported the theft to A citing Lieutenant
Larson and while the Keyport man
was at headquarters, Woodbridge
again called
Detective Gutowski. Officer Buch-
an and Hyrne and Charles s. Calvert
of Keyport, went to Woodbridge,
and brought back the prisoner and
the automobile. This morning he
admitted the theft and on complaint
of Hyrne, he was held in $1,000
bail for the action of the grand
jury.
MacSwan was printed by Captain
Long and Detective Gutowski this
morning and his record will be in
vestigated.
The automobile of Elmer S. Arm
strong, of Railway, stolen on Sunday
night, was recovered at Sewaren by
the Woodbridge police last night
having been abandoned on that road
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
MOTOR LAW VIOLATED
BY PICTURES or BATHERS

BOSTON, Aug. 28.-The practice
OF automobilists who put silhouettes
OF bathing girls on windshields and
rear windows must stop, Frank A.
Goodwin, state registrar of motor
vehicles, said in a statement today.
IF these things are not removed
from automobiles at once operators
and number plates will be removed" f"
he declared Registrar Goodwin
said the law forbids placing on an
automobile Anything which may in
terfere with or impede the proper
opera ton of the vehicle"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28
WANT COOLIDGE TO TALK
IN new JERSEY TOWNS

TRENTON, Aug. 28:-At Repub-
lican state headquarters today word
was still awaited from G. o. p. ma
tional publicity agents concerning
the probability of President Coolidge
invading New Jersey with Vice Pres
idential Candidate Dawes September
16. Republican State Chairman
Stokes yesterday received word that
the proposed Lincoln highway tour
from Plymouth September 9 would
reach Jersey September 16, with
stops planned for Jersey City. New
ark, Elizabeth, Princeton and Tren-
ton. Mr.. Stokes said his informa-
tion was uncertain as to the proba-
bility of the President making the
auto tour.