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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
|E0MAN BURNED
| BY CREASE
He Of City Detective In
pred While Cooking

n Ivnc Fortner. wifs o. City
ssstys Clande e. Fortner. was Ia
axsikacs hospital Wednesday In a
RAJ eeniation from burns rccciv-
Issshy night when her clothing
- ~ aflre By an explosion %
ras II the kitchen OF their apart
an
IN ToTtneg was preparing din
y ~ several guests when the ac-
- secured The Fortncrs live
q AaEFis apartments. 1874 sum
Y az She WIS alone In the
1tssn when the can of grease
7ttzFrsi on the floor and burst
70 James setting her clothing
n sAs ran into the living room
r'ni1g Eith pain. Her husband
zzlt hsr and wrapped the rug
~ heE Both were burned be-
r iAs flames could be extin-
zs.s1
fwinf slso was taken to the
-T1saes hospital. but was re-
~ aisr treatment Mrs. Fortner
Nrnsa about the lower par; Of
ndJ. Physicians Wednesday be-
- IAat she would recover.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
FLY $50 MILES
French Airmen Make Nom
Stop Flight

PARIS. Feb. two French
aviators, IL Maitre and Arrachard.
have completed nonstop flight
from Paris to Senegal, a distance
OF more than $500 miles.
Their plane. a powerful $50 horse
power Breguet, was reirrted TO have
arrived at a point MIR Dakar, In
the French possessions in West
Africa. this afternoon.
The airmen took off at 1880 a. m.
Tuesday.
A worlds record is claimed by
French aeronauticai authorities, the
distance from Paris TO Dakar being
slightly more than the $500 miles
covered by Lieuts. o. @. Kelly and
J. 4. MacResdy in cross-con-
tinental flight May %, 1929
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Hartley Makes Attack
on State Timber Taxes
Flaws Committee; Says Own Mill Hasn't Paid
for Past Two Years

out Of h. Timber is taxed way Dr..
You'd what Il ought 10 bc-and that's
why tho market u flooded
Hartley said that his own
Everett min hadn't made dol
lar for two years, "and ! can't
make a 20 Of Il to-day"
Chairman saundcrs Of tho house
committee. offered five.plank plat.
form OF forest conservation listing
Of all loggcd.ott lands suitable for
rcfurcsiati0n. requirement % more
forests by the state. research work
in by products. use OF the Clark.
McNnry federal aid act and "A new
tax system to encourage rcforcsta'
ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
"pARTy" PROBE MURDER ACTION
Prosecutor Acts in Case OF
"Jazz" MurdereSS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 45--The
prosecution has taken the first step
in its move to send Dorothy Filing.
son. i6.year-old jazzmanlac. TO prison
for the murder OF her mother. Mrs.
Anna Ellington.
The formal information. torsely
charging Dorothy did. vilfully. fel-
oniously and with malicious afore.
thought. take the life Of one Anna
Ellingson. a human being" has been
tofiled and the case assigned by Pre-
siding Judge Louis Ward to the Grim
lnai court Of Judge Louderback
District Attorney Mathew Brady
said today that the prosecution will
not be "dolled up with psychological
frilla."
TITS n plain case and we're going
10 handle IL that way" he said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
80 Sudden Deaths
Occur in New York

NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-Thirty-
sudden deaths, most Of them violent,
have been reported here in the last
"a hours.
This is the largest days record in
many years,
Bullets, alcohol. autos, fires and
gas took toll OF II lives in Man
haitian, IL in Brooklyn. six in the
Bronx and four in Queens.
Only two deaths were suicides.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

OLYMPIA Fcb the isstsia'
turc. or that part Of u which Is Try.
ing TO formulate forest conserNa.
ton policy. was IN receipt today Of
a dressing down from Governor
Hartley. The governor was chief
speaker tonight NJ "A committee
hearing called by forestry and
logged of lands committees.
ovcrproductiou OF timber Hartley
said. Is due entirely to excessive
taxes on lumbemen.
You men come down here nc
told legislators. and talk eOnscFvp.
ton and then pass tax laws that
force lumbsrmen 10 rush their stuff
onto the market 20 get their money
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
FORBES Clasps
At SIsNTINCE

Fori' "a mere shadow of the
ponderous man that once held office
in Washington and sat rloss TO the
administration of the late President
Harding. Enspe1 a. sentence was
pronounced. Ne siipped far down
into his chair and would have sllp.
ped 10 the floor had not the strong
arm Of Randolph taughlln. one Of
the defense attorneys. caught him
Thompson. rudy faced man
well past middle age. groaned aud,
ibly as he heard The words Of The
Judge Ne looked hripisssly % his
attorneys but they were Hpeschless.
Forbes and Thompson were found
guilty Of conspiracy 10 dcfraud tho
United States government thru birth.
cry 10 award veterans hospital con
tracts hy means that eliminated fair
competition. The iury's verdict vas
returned last Friday evening.
According to testimony. Thompson
paid Elias H. Mortimer. now a spc.
clsl agent OF tho department Of JUS.
,icc. 20 DO what he could IN brihlnE
Colonel Forbes 20 that Thompsona
firms might secure government con.
tracts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Electric Club Holds
Exhibition Luncheon

At the luncheon wednesday al the
Gowman hotel Of the Electric club
a demonstration OF the proposed cleo
tricaI exhibition was given by Chair
man ~. r. Gordon. The hearty CO
operaiion OF the organization was
given 10 this movement and plans for
the success Of this exhibition we're
discussed. Gordon thanked the club
for this cooperation and assured
them that the placing Of the booths
has far exceeded his widest expecta
lions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MURDER
STARTS ON PAGE l

viii show that Aanhcart planned
tho murder in cold blood He was
80 wrought up over the plot hat
he walked the floor Of HIS room AZ
tho Quinn hotel incessantly for days
before the shooting, The motive Tor
tho crime. Remnant believes, was IN
sane jealousy.
This was caused by Mrs. Morleys
refusal to have anything more 10
do with Manheart. Il IL said. and
her pronounced intention OF return
ing to her husband and family IN
Victoria. II. c.
The telephone call which Manhcart
used to arrange tho dinner and ride
was all part Of the plot, Ten
nant thinks.
Manhca,r admitted that few
minutes aztec tho shooting he ap'
peared ut tho home OF II. Dahl
.iii2 Summit ave, friend. He
stayed with Dahl that night and all
day sunday and never returned TO
his hotel. Et said he had been
with friends ever since but refused
10 give their names.
81 know things look bad for me.
Manheart said. but I'm not worry.
ing. I'm not insane. I didn't shoot
Mrs. Morley and III get a lawyer
and fight the case.
Manheart surrendered to deputy
shoriffs Tuesday night after calling
mp the shcrifrs office from the
lobby OF tho county. city building
and telling the officers he was down
stairs.
He claimed he had been intoxi
Gated for several days and STAN,
mered out answers TO questions
fired at him. lie spent "A night In
the city jail. sitting with arms on
his knees and staring at the floor.
More witnesses will be brought
before Manheart in an effort to ab
solutely Identify him as Mrs. Nor
ley's companion.
lnclu0ed hHloHE Nh'Sf y 'NHN'N'"
will be employees at the Butler hotel
cafe. where Mrs. Morley dined with
companion the night OF her death.
Wednesday Manheart admitted TO
remnant that he met Mrs. Morley
in Los Angeles. az the home of Mrs.
Morleys sister He admitted fol.
lowing her here, but said II was at
her request
He told detectives he knew Mrs.
Morley had husband and children,
but refused to say whether or not
he was jealous,
Manheart paced the floor OF his
room Mt the Quinn hotel for three
nights prior TO the night on which
Mrs. Morley was slain, Tenant said
he has found Another angle Is
that Morley's friends say Manheart
called her on the phone Saturday
night. and that she agreed to meet
him "for the last time"
Manhcart admits, Tenant says,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Nome Correspondent,
Stricken, Is on Job

SAN FRANCISCO Feb, f-H G,
Mcdowell United Press correspond
cnt al Nome, Alaska. has fallen a
victim of the diphthyria epidemic
Tie Is confined 90 his bed and
friends bring % him constant re-
ports % developments Ia the diph-
thcria-ridden town re dictates his
dispatches which are sent out over
the United states signal corps lines
and by adig and thus like the
rest VI Somr. DE Il carrying on
and keeping the world Informed
"Aly case Is not considered SER
louS" be wired the United Press In
san Francisco to-day
Mcdowell In addition 90 repre-
ssutlng the United Press, is editor
of the Nome nugget. the most
uorthrrly newspaper IN North Amer
lea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Mrs. Stokes Loses
Move to Drop Suit

CHICAGO. Feb. (. r Motions TO
duash the defamation OF character
charge made by Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes against her former husband.
w. r.. u. Stokes. millionaire New
Yorker. we're denied by Judge Will
lam ~. Gemmill or the criminal
court tb6ay. Other motions by de-
Tense attorneys we're denied aud
Judge Gemmill ordered the selection
OF Jury for Stokes trial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
St. Goddard Team
Leading Dog Derby

THE PAS. Manitoba. Feb. g.
Turning into the home stretch along
the Hudson Bay railroad. the husky
team Of Emil 81 Goddard, owned
BY J. Bacon Of The Pas. was still
leading in The Pas dog derby early
today.
over the 100.mlle trek 70 Homes
ISLAND. Herb lake. 50. Goddard's dogs
held 10 a pace which average frac'
ton more than eight miles an hour
Here at Tho Pas those who know
his dogs said they could hold that
pace over most OF the course with
out running themselves out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
3 Expelled in Oregon Farm
College Inquiry

CORVALLIS. Ore. Feb. {. r Col.
lego authorities here today admitted
evidence has been uncovered OF
drinking and wild parties" among
students in the Oregon Agricultural
college here.
DR.. 4. G. Dubach. dean Of men.
declared some "weeding out would
be done. He said such behavior,
however. WIS not general with the
students
As a result OF this wedding pro
cess two college women and one man
have been dismissed from the school.
Further investigation Is now being
made by the faculty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Rescue Entire Crew of
Caoba From Open Boats
Captain and Eight Men of lll-Fated
Ship Last to Be Picked Up

PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. Cap.
tain \. Sandwig and eight members
u the crew % the Inflated coast.
wise steamer Caola. were hcing
taken % Astoria. Ore today
aboard the coast guard cutter Al
sonquin
With these men aage, the entire
crew % the vessel sudden a
Christensen lumber carrier. have
been rescued from ID rOugh sea ia
open boats
The steamer Caooa. water logged
was being towed 10 the Columbia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

by the tug r. 4. pouty. after sev.
sral other vessels attempted 10 aHlvs
her and failed.
Cnrtain Sandwig's boat was pick
ed up ~ The schooner Pcscawhh,
which bad no wireless, about noon
yesterday. OF wlll1Pa bay IL
rescue was not learned on shore.
however. until the Peseawhn hailed
the cutter Algonquin last ulght and
put the sailors aboard the latter
The other boat containing nine
men was picked W OFT Gray'a Har'
bor yesterday morning by iuE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Legislature Asks
Survey of Harbors

OLYMPIA. Wash. Feb. 4.--scnate
today asked congress to survey
North Pacific harbors with n view
20 present commerce and future de.
velopment and also to look over
present timber lands back OF these
harbors and provide adequate water
shipping means not only for the tim.
Dor but for future products OF logged.
off lands
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

IL hhi W hhh'
ers. the Lucy stones Of former ses'
slons. who lobbied in the interest OF
the "lilics of the feld"9
Every session brings a flock OF
safety valves for society. Biennial
ly some member tries TO bring forth
curfcw law TO make youths climb
thru paternal windows. There's the
stereotypcd sister who always wants
TO regulate the dance hall. even tho
shea never stepped foot inside OF
one.
There's the recent episode OF tho
1928 Legislature. when Representa-.
tive Kennedy, OF Dayton. tried to
regulate the length OF women's
dresses and the lowness OF dress
necks. Wider chasms between dan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
HscO GETS GAS BOOST

~ FRANCISCO. Feb. "a
6 nereasc Of ? cents a gallon
= saognced on gasoline, effect
M, By all major oil compan-
: q new price to be 20 cents.
xag the z-cent state tar. The
s s OF Co. took the lead in
Hsfag the increase.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

No: skirts.
YOU poor yap!'
shout the won.
en- rcformers.
Garry on
yawns the pub.
lie morals com.
mittee OF the
1925 legislature.
Is the state
eei4 per cent
pure7
Are the moral
rcfnrmers asleep
at the radio?
whct q n.
where are The
Carrie Nations.
tho Carrie Chap.
man Cats. the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
May Wheat Opens
at $780, in Chicago

CHICAGO. Feb. MAY wheat
opened nj ti.39R a bushel mn in
crease Of iac over yesterday close
on the Chicago Board Of Trade
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
JUDGE DENuI SCES
CONVICTED MIN

A stay al sentence OF so days was
granted n order 60 allow Forbes
and Thompson 20 carry AN appeal
TO The circuit court of appeals,
IN passing sentence judge Car
pvntsr bitterly denounced the two
convicted men. aiming most OF his
shafts al Forbes. who shook with emo.
ton thuout tho session Of court.
almost completely eollapslnE when
the sentences were announced.
What arr We coming to when
men la high place, bciray their
irustsf' Judge Carpenter asked
These men arr guilty. The Jury
has decided. and can do moth
lng but mete out to them the
punishment that the law pro.
Nidss"
Sentence was passed after Elw1od
Goldman. attorney for Forbes. AT
tempted to offer evidence IN mlti.
CATION % punishment Goodman pro.
dueed the war record OF col Forbes.
told how be served with the A, r.
r. Ia France was gaaacd and
wounded aud received the dis.
tinEuished service citation
Il do not care 60 hsar all
that" judrc Carpenter barkcd
hack At Goldman "Nou are Of
fcrinE evidence In aEEravAiion
Of puuishmrnt-not mitigation.
The better the mind the more
malignant tho heart This man has
intelligence and his record IN tho
service uf his country does not 10.
censs him 20 violate his countlD's
lava.
because be was wounded and
Eassc1. does not eniitic him 20 tho
privilege ~ coming hack and &c.
irayug the buSies with whom he
served
Il sentence these tNo men 20
serve two years In The federal pcni.
ienu8ry az Lsavonworih and TO
pay anos Of SO. 900 each a"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

Louise Dresser. who plays one OF
the leading feminine roles in THE
city That Never Sleeps" before en-
tcring motion pictures was one Of
the most popular musical stars in the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
| vgeE DELAY Oh
| AZ LAWSUIT

=. selalon Was given after a
- ~arch Of the statutes by the
= ,rwusys for their client. Robert
Z rlsr. rs Marion 81.
~ attorneys point out that the
.ssa sl.arier amendment was not
|ra,sd b. Is freeholders selected
\ vecpls. but BY "a seifappoint.
nunsiee. the run personnel Of
~ ) unknown.
n attorneys recommend that no
l. = eroagh; 10 test tls validity
he pTvnossd amendment until
e. ne people have had a chance
.ss upon Il, when the suit can
rsei os the merits o. the con.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
TOOK FRIENDS HAT
WHEN HE LEFT

II stayed all night at Dahls and
all day Sunday" Manheart said.
THAT night l went TO a dance with
friends"
Dahl says that Manheart, when he
left, took his CDahPS hat. Dahl says
he protested and that Manheart said:
ooh, wait a while, you'll get all my
clothes, too
Manheart told Tenant he could
say nothing until he got an attor.
noy.
Tennnnt said murder charges
would without doubt be filed against
tho prisoner following the conference
he would have with the prosecuting
attorneys office wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
BY MARIE ROWE DUNBAR

OLYMPIA. Feb. t.-"Goin' up
" 'what-the elevator" qucr'
les legislator Of unusual original
ity
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
F FORBES GETS
TWO YEARS
Vets Hospital CRATER Is
Also Fined $4,000

CHICAGO Feb. Sentences of
fNe Yeau iu federal psnitgntiarY aud
Sioo0o fine each were imposed here
today on Col Charles n Forbes,
former head Of the ystsrans bureau.
and John W Thompson. S. Louis
contractor Tor eonsplrlng 20 defmud
the government iu connection with
bureau disqualification contracts.
Federal Judge Carpenter rejected
the motion Tor new trial and i'm.
nfstIafaf,. laar-a--I =-..s=
fHffH-7H"'A HfNAHhttN r.
The sentences are the extreme
nanaft. nrnrlh.h - -.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
Nome Is Winning Fight
on Diphtheria Epidemic
Antitoxin Reaches Stricken Town in
Nick of Time; Ovation to Drivers

None. Feb. Nome is winning
~ ts fight 90 control tho diph.
thyrA spldcmic.
Anufoxin. frussu while bcins
rushed herr over ley trails by weary
men and dogs. has been found 90 he
undamagcd and work pf administer.
ng u % the threatened people of
thc city Is Eoins forward rapidly
Or Curtis Welch. who has Grown
aFsf - 100 sVFNlCU uT tnr FH'Nte 81
Nome, and Miss Emily Morgan, of
the Maynard Columbus hospital herr.
arc going from house o. house. day
and Night attending Nirulcut cases
ot The disease, in0gulatng those "a no
have been exposed aud by their ca.
ample allaying any inciplent hysteria
that might result from the situation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
I-AID TEAM
DRIVERS

Gunnar kassou Leonard Scppala
and ether drivers who fought the
blizzard 90 bring help 90 the helpless
here. are being acclaimed as heroes
worthy % decoration.
Hessou and his doss have com,
plotely recovered from the gruellinE
dash from Goodwin bay thru the
teeth % tho hllrzard and big BALTIC.
who held the Trail when his master
was blinded by snow il the idol %
Nome people
"Ah. dat nAl,o. kassou almost
wept a. ne examined his lead dog's
ieo torn feet today "dat BALTIC
he damn fine dog
Leonard seppala h reported AZ
Uualaklest, rrstins bis dogs after
their s6-hour dash from Ruby 20
the shores " Norton sound. A
celebration Is heinz planned IN his
honor whom THE Finn" mushca
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
N wINI0> II
SlIuCu M0Nk

=. s,eallaa GeEal opin"n san
1. ssaarusd TO b. a political
1, shesk the Increasing wave
.r.ar favor Ter the manager
FL ths quarrel o., the oppon.
~ ~ ansndmsnt IS not with
,-.rinent itself or with the
- srsss q the petition, but
=, supreme court. which has
--,f Instance upheld The pro
-tss, Ne have followed IN pro
rs amendmeni Tor Seattle.
Z. srvns court decision. Tor eS.
- NJ that an amendment "a
asnsr docs not lose les char
aaa amendment even tho Z
-, sooui a basic change In the
- rovsFumsut provided BY the
49,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
MILD MANAGER
PLAN ILLEGAL
..,,s Opinion Attacked
Friends Of Proposition
OFFICIALS ThlK
.yaeal Move" Advocates
a Method Declare

prspassd charter amend
i.nr for q cts manager
= rsysrnmsnt Is t.es1l ina,
sAs hws Of the ssNe o'
- ana ihat 1 ,an es DE-
lid by,a tsApaNcfs suit
\. ,,sr,s Is the opinion Or Az
w,rsr r. Meier and Hugh
4 allssa
.,,..n uss mayer before Mayo'
80 Nshr was corporation
-. = seattle for 'wu terms
.....su i attacked in a state.
- hmss 4. HaighL svncul
-. Y a ths city uauasrr conn
- Edwari W Allen. presl.
~ MuniciRal league, The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
SERUM SUFFICIENT
FOR PRESENT

The serum uow on hand ls sur
ueioni for immediate needs. accord,
ing 90 ur Wglch and men and
dogs San rest ON their Aurcla,
while more modcu transportation
bruins additional suunllss needed
completely 10 obitcrate the die
ease.
So far no adults have died from
the disease. Rive children have
succumhod ana 90 persons ~ AN
uses have been stricken. Many
more are regarded az suspects "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
MAJEWskI TELLS
REMARKABLE STORY

MaJewski's tale. later character.
lied by Scyeryns as a crazy story
prompted by man worried TO dis.
traction. was:
Last May, a man close to the
city administration. came to me in
the police station and Eaid c. ID.
Hillmau twidcly known Semitic land
promoterl had visited a police or.
fetal. showed him $4,000 no was
carrying and said he was leaving
for California by automobile that
evening.
II was instructed that the police
official wanted my informant. my.
self and two patrolmen to hold him
up In Oregon. was TO get two
weeks vacation and the use Of the
officials automobile.
Later tho two policemen. the in.
formnnt and myself met in an ftal.
ian cafe on Madison St, between
Firth and sixth ayes. and talked II
over. I stalled them Off. never in.
tending for minute 10 go thru
with ~.
several days later" he contin.
ued, when It became too late. I
told them wouldn't 40 thru with
II. They said was the brainy one
Of the bunch and they wouldn't
either.
From that time on" he contln.
ued, Il was the butt Of trumped.up
charges beginning with that bribery
story on which ! was released and
then reinstated by the civil service
commission"
Monday. MoJewski added. the po.
lice official interviewed him. brought
up the '1illlman $4,000 Matter"
and assured him he knew nothing
about IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

the he appeared at the home OF his
f.fend. Il. Dahl, AcIrema apartments.
i4i2 Summit ave, short time after
Mrs. Morlcys body was riddled with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04

his siberian elias eyes" into tuc
city somrtimc later tha week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-04
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MAJEWSKI
STARTS ON PAGE l

called 70 Detective Capt. Tenant
that its all over" and summoned
newspaper men to his office where
Ma jawski told his sensational tale.
sevcryns was absent from tho
commission hearing. lilo was ut.
tending prirofight. Provincial
Constable Thatcher. OF Victoria, u.
C.. who had promised Tenant TO
attend and tell Of MaJewski's aAso.
citation with British Columbia Grim.
Evening star., 1925-06-28
NATIONAI-"The Champion"

"A. +. Thomas, author of THE
Champion" which the National The
ater Players will offer this week be-
ginning tomorrow night, in his farce
comedy has pitted the black sheep of
an English family against the re-
spectacle members and traditions of
that family. Such a theme might well
be treated seriously, but Thomas has
written it from broadly humorous
angle with the aim of engulfing the
audience in laughter.
Gunboat Williams is the errant
member of an English family which
loves England, its own snobbery, AND
is patronizingly indulgent of all other
lands upon which England's sun
doesn't glow. In the midst of situa
tions which are further to distinguish
this family in Parliament and in the
ministry the pugilistic Gunboat de.
cides to visit the family, and turns
into a laughable crisis what his sniff
ing relatives had hoped would be a
golden opportunity for further chances
to exercise their aloofness.
In broad sense the piece is not un
like "Mr. Battling Butler" save that
here the hero actually can fight but
doesn't want to. whereas in Butler
the hero is a bog fighter and is com
PEELED to show his lack of prowess.
Minor Watson will be cast as the
battering ram, and other members Of
the cast have been happily placed by
Director Clifford Brooke.