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6 ARE NAMED IN BOMB PLOT
VOLUME 23
Dog on Trial for Murder!
i Hutu, int .\trtiiale charged with the murder of 11 rata, is shown conferring in th hts
lawyer, James F. FSrennan, before going to rourt in San Francisco to fight for his life and
freedom. The death penalty has been asked by one of the cat owners who brought the
charges. I ■
Jiome firew
Ilowdy, folk*! How are >« |
chilblains? #
* * *
Look* like we are going to hi,
a "white" Chrlatnuj thl* year. To
Dad It took* !ik* a "»!»•* Chftn*-
BMW.
• • •
Thl* I* Keep, the Home Klrea Bum
log week.
I• • *
TAi* marks the grave ot t'-rra Mai**.
WTto Mid he had no uf for chams;
An iry nnd—a fearfui tk*l.
And earth of one wore chump tea'
rid •
• • •
What ha* become of the old fash
lon-1 young man who went to the
country dance and "atayed for the
fight afterward*"?
• • •
OK A MKXICAN Jl MI'INt. BKANT
Mayor Caldwrll i« to be the
recipient ttjl behalf of the city of
a I'eratian m<-dal l« a I'eru
vian medal anything like a
Brazilian nut 7
• * •
"The Beggar - * Opera" I* coming
to the Metropolitan Christmas week
Even our mu*ical comedle* are mlr
roring the unemployment situation,
e • •
Lll' Oee Oee. th' Office Vamp, d*
ckled laat week not to give her
sweetie a book for Christmas because
*he heard somewhere that he got a
book for Chrlatma* laat year.
Now that the S-eent far# oMtinstvra baa
t»»«i killed. the people will '«>n*l«»sr the
Mrirkifin J-cent Initiative petition and the
proposition to ref#r to the i»"«pl* th*
qoe.tion of pari"* for ••»* railway oat of
taxation. Where'a th* *uy that thought
»• could keep the street care oot of
politic*?
• t •
Wl*h they would hurry up with
that new Htar serial, "The Bnow*ho*
Trail." It sound* like seasonal read
Ing.
• • •
Firnt it rained, then it *»rtr.
Then it frit and thrn it blrir,
Then the tun cam* out again.
And if rained and friz and *nevo
again. —Blackie.
• * •
Burbank Is the only honest grafter
iwe ever heard about
•• • /
K— M
' West Heattie man h<is Invented
I a tide motor to run on water
i power. We've been running
! that way for a long, long time. !
X M
• • #
Ml' (<«• life, Ih (ittire Vamp,
net |<fifw ltal»«* litiffi hh»fi
I►;»!>♦* wan a %hop.,irl at Il»f Hon
March*;.
• • •
"Wanhlfiffton leadff all th« oth'T
in trout hr* * "
f>p, they're no «I;irn i>ollt#j they
won't * ven g:obbla bait.
• • •
Woman writ*-* to Th#- Ht ir. raving
rfnrn to l'af<* 10. f oluinn I)
Do you realize —
That every time each
American spends $"0 we
ha\» jointly created a
market for our own goods
••qual to our total foreign
trade?
Head "Amateur Econ
omist's" article on the
editorial page today.
WEATHER
TunitfM 'iHd TAnrottiy. rain;
rmtfrly m tftil.v.
IYm|»ralur« IMt llmm
Maximum lit Miiilitiiim, 10,
nm% n. 10
Airedale Faces Jury and Death Cage
Today in San Francisco for
v Killing 14 Cats
StSE*fRST OF KIND ON RECORD
H\\ tKI.MIMO. Iler. tl.—
IKwmkr, MTntint AlrvAil . fared
the • upreme moment of Ilia life
today. He went to I rial—i» Jury
trial—un a <harge of ratslaugh
ler. re>iillln{ from the death of
Sunbeam and 13 other rata '
An aiibl will bo the defense. Dor-
ml» Isaue.l another lone nUHmrnl
today denying dogmatically and cat*
gorlcally all ot th* chars** again**
him. Dormle aeemrl In egceilent
spirits be fore court opened. He arose
••arty, tnrtiMd on the lawn of hla
home and ate three sausage* for
breakfast.
Airedale fancier* nave come to
Dormw'i reacue.
As a character wltneaa today they
brought forth Howdy, brother of
Laddie, ITesident Harding'* dog.
Kowdy waa the personal bodyguard
of "Mary Ann." I'wului cat, for
month*, they claimed, and when
"Mary Ann" died from entirely natu
ral cauaea, he faated eight day* in
grief. ♦
KIRMTf\HK
Or THE SOKT
The trial will be before a Jury In
Police Judge I ..lie T. lack*' court. It
has attracted wide Intereat and la
said to be th>- first time In Juri«pru
dence that an Airedale haa been tried
for It* life.
Jarne* T Brennan. Oormle'a attor
ney, said he planned to demand that
iKirtnfc bo tried by a Jury of Aire
dale*.
"The law provide* that Jury trial*
be before a Jury of the defendant'*
equal a.'* he saJd.
"I admit that a Jury of equal* I*
nrnwary." countered j»ro*ecutor
Oreutt, ' but J know many an Aire
dale whom I would rank above, and
not below many men.
"Dormie la a renegade, and ahould
be trIM by a Jury t>f the same kind."
A crowd which practically filled
the courtroom waa on hand, expect-
Ing to wltneaa the opening of the
trial. r>ormk» remained in retire
ment. not entering the courtriHjm.
"II" r- venta the attention* of the
morbidly curlou* throng*," hi* attor
ney said. "We Will *l'«r« him and
hi* mother all humiliation po**l
ble."
"Hunbeam" waa a P**mian-Angora,
owned by Mm. W, I>. Inanllff. society
womnn and f-at fancier, who wwot*' to
th" complaint.
Three of "HunbeamV offeprinir
*re «ald 10 have m» t violent deaths
at (he hands of l>ormle, prior to the
playing of the mother. The 10 other*
wpf aweorted cat*.
The death peftalty for Dormle al
reedy hoe been 4em*nded unofficial
lv hut will be repeated by Anwlatant
District Attorn#*)' John Orcutt. who
will perwiertite.
si.Klol SIA I'PKTAHK
I OH TKI \l-
AlU>rn»y .lam*-* K. Brennan Ita*
hern r<taln<d ait d<#en« <• oountfl.
With the pOKxllifr- exception <'f a
c:. > In i/>n'lon. 'thla In Hi" fin"*
tint" a 'l"tf liH"- haled I' l tiiai
with /ill th> eirdrlllahmenta of r*K
iilar court proclure, and, undouhl
.•dly, lh«' firm a jury trlul ha-i
been demand*! j
II rr.rn<'n ab(»)t thru thr peculiar
con/tti uctiuu of u- Han Krujiclaco
The Seattle Star
£al«r«4 M H«(ob4 CISM >U(Ur lUj I. lift, al tb» ru#tofflc« at Wi»h, under th« Act of Angr*** March I, IS7I. P«r T«tr. by ksall. SI to St I
MV tiKNK COHN
On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise
onlliuinrt. a hi< h make* dog and
mvt»r ituira the guilt •hen a dog
Ir dtilnrnl dangerous or vicious.
The ntMifr, under thl* law, may
•Map* with a fine, hut not so the
■'."t IP found guilty the dog may
"be turned over to the poumlmaater
to be killed" Ufa imprisonment
twhind a aiucxl* la the only alter
n&tiv*.
In thl* Instance. Raton McMillan,
wealthy automobile dewier and own
er of Dormle. waa charged with a
misdemeanor In owning aurh a do*
He contenda that, having procure!
a license which allow* the dog free
iiom. he cannot be held ranponaihl*
for the dog's antl <at Inatlnct*. He
*ver* further that he did not direct
th* dog to pursue tat*. ami hence
paaae* the mutter directly up to
Dormle.
Dormle. an Airedale of prixe win
ning blood, I* thus a*-cu*ed In a
section of the warrant: "That *aid
dog did bite and kill a I'eraian cat
not then and there treepfiaaing upon
th* paraon or property of aald Mc-
Millan."
S Kit <ll HO ItilOOD
HI (IIIIN
Hence Dormte rome* directly
under the ahadow of th* g&a death
chamber at the city pound.
In the background of th* trial
I* a heated neighborhood ruction,
growing out of the slaying*. For
sum* time I>ormle had lived a
more or lesa uneventful life In the
yard of the handaorne residence of
hi* owner. In an exclufftv* hum'
duttrlct He waa the pet of aeorx*
of neighborly* al youngster*, aho
now are coming lo hi* rescue and
threaten to pack the courtroom u*
a protest Their pennies have been
donated to hi* defen** fund and he
ha* been sent tidbit* and fine
bones during hi* Incarceration.
Ifia «l«*Hth hub firvt
at a mcMlng of n neighborhood or-
Kantxation. McMillan hratfvliy r*.
fitted, Then the court actlcin was
Inatituted and McMillan hlrrd coun-
Th«* dwiuind for a Jury trial
came an a complete fturpriac to the
prosecution, which had roida Ift
witn«****a on hand and had anti< i
pat«*d no Hfich M?riou« pro< •mhJliiica.
LORENZ SORRY
TO MISS CITY
that hln work in Now York
will prevent him from viNitinsc Brat
tle wan fXpr«'**ed In a latter rarelvnl
by Mayor Caldwell Wednesday from
Dr. Adotph Lorens, famous ortho
pe«lic nurgeon.
•'Your kind letter I* a source r»f
gratification to rne," the Vienna
MfW-ntiHt declared, "aw well iw an en
couragement to redouble rny effort*
In behalf of nu/ferlng humanity."
M»yor Caldwell )otne<l The Hl«r in
InvltliiK pr. Lorcnj! to Heattle.
Taxpayers Elated
Over Fare Decision
Office* of eity councitmcn were
flooded Wednesday with tetter* from
bunlneHg men, real estate dealer* and
taxpayer*, congratulating thern on
having defeated ttiQ Scent fare ordi
nance.
SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1921.
HARDING, HUGHES DISAGREE!
DISPUTE
JAPAN'S
STATUS
President Says
Protection of
Nippon Is Not
Treaty Clause
lit RAYMOND CI.MTi:R
W UIIIMiTON, itrr. S|.—
Fre«bJ«-nt Harding will be ur(rd
I>> rvfitifcl trail to ap
prove a riwinllim la the four
power I'artflr making II
clear lltat llw I iiilx) suin h
not bound by Uw pact to »i
guard (hi- territorial Intetrlly of
Japan.
Thm-r »m Intimation* today
In adm I nUt ration ■ln lr» In Ilia
aenale lltat Harding micht him
wll »u*c<*»t thai fvrraJlnn
when he ȟbmHa (he In-aly, and
Uiua lr«n mil lite dlfllrtilty
rnuwd by hi» difference of opin
ion wllli llie Ait|rrk«ii delegation
on Ihla point,
Kjtilft. atlnn of the tonr power
| treaty bmun* Mrtoaily endnnffared
•oday with official dl»< fowura of tha
j fact tbat Praaident Itprdln* la al
odda with H«rretary Hughe* and olh
ler armament delegate* ovrr tha
I meaning of the pa< t.
tlurhea and other conference dele
gate. have ajrrre.i that th» treaty In
clude* Japan proper in the territory
whlrh the four alffnatortea iim to
aafeiruard.
Hardin* fitly with thin
view, h<v<tir>ff thtt only Inland pommw
won* of th« pow*>rn «r* Hut
he announce officially that he I*
wlllln* to li»l ih» lluffhfo construc
tion trtanr! for official purpose*.
Furthermore. ha announced he will
not permit hi* difference with
Hughe* over th* meaning of the
treaty emlw»rrr»** the conference or
ratification tn the «*nat*.
At the White House (t W*a Indlcat
Prwlilpnl llnrtllni'i present
tlon In not to attempt to forre tha
pact thru the senate. becauae nf hi*
disagreement with the American del
egate* A* to It* meaning. but to Imm
that to Swrfhrf llugha* arid Sena
tor Underwood.
Meanwhile. .Senator I torn h la da
mandlng that the irmly )«* r»wrl|.
lan. an an to leave no doubt p a to Ita
manning.
"There 1« no proper reaaon," ha
a»ld. "whylhe language of the treaty
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MORE RIDING
ON TROLLEYS
Indicating a great Increase In In
dustrial activity in the Houlh Knd.
O. W. Ilenderaon. *uperlntendent of
transportation. announced Wiilnra
day lhat 6.670 more pwiplp d.iily rode
on the alreet <.tr* In November than
In September of thta year.
'The In'Teiiae of pKaaenger traffic
la especially noticeable In the Indue
trial dl*trlcl." Ilrnderaon Mid, "allho
the lnrrca.se point* to a quick return
to prc>*|>erlly everywhere In I he city."
More than 8.300.431 pay pnawnscra
rode fin the mri in Novmbir, bring*
In* In a mfnuf of $814,248.
SHOOTS THREE
WOMEN, SELF
I'll If ..A I >KIJ*H!A« Dec. 21.—Cor.
neliua ('off ahot to dttth Mra. Min
nie Warrington and Mra. Italia
Drake, wounded another woman and
then killed lilmaelf in u rooming
houae hero today.
Mra. Ajrnea Horrell, the woman
wounded, may die. *
C. Attle
You Know Him?
I» your < urcl <• * s
wlirrr he ilropa burnt mitUlirn
mill ii-fn-*. from lilk pipe?
('. Allln is. Anil Mr*. AlUfl
diwmi't 11.
Ilur* your liii«linml wear an
fiprnu t i.-il iiroil ml hi* link
wlu-ll In- H'ipi'K tin? illshrs?
('. A lllr doi'H. Mra. Altln
Itinkm lilni. •
Tixltiy, fur I hi" first tlini", on
PIIKI' II of Till" .Sl»r, you II find
r. AITI.K AMI WIM;
llnviin; mi argument In llii'lr
ItiUlll'll.
Finish the Job!
THE four-power Pacific agreement marks a
decided step toward world peace; the limita
tion of armaments, scrapping of battleships
and stopping the mad building of war ma
chines makes war less probable, less attractive.
BUT—
War between the United States and Japan will
be a constant threat until the Japanese aggression
on the Pacific Coast is halted. This is the real war
MENACE. And year by year, as the brown hordes
increase—and increase they do THIS MENACE
GROWS AND GROWS.
Tl HE Pacific Coast states know this DANGER.
They see it face to face. They meet it day
after day. In country or in city the ominous
threat is lurking. IT IS THE BIGGEST
POTENTIAL WAR BREEDER.
While approving heartily the epoch-making ac
complishments of the Washington conference, The
Star feels that these accomplishments will prove
only half-way measures unless this problem on
the Pacific Coast is SETTLED—SETTLED SENSI
BLY, EFFECTIVELY, PERMANENTLY - SET
TLED IN SPECIFIC TERMS. Until this is done
war remains an imminent probability, and event
ual certainty.
Let the Washington conference finish its job!
SUN VAT SEN'S
WIFE KIDNAPED
Chinese Outlaws Arc Hunted
by Troops
BHANOHAI. Dec. !t—Oovern
merit troops today were reported on
the trail of luindlU who captured
Mudatne Bun Yat Hen. wife of the
president of South China.
lilapatchen receive*! here xtatcd
the lundltn were making their wny
toward Kwel IJn. ciipital of the
province of Kwangal, 335 mllea
northweat of Canton.
OIL PROVES
TOO STRONG
NKW YORK, I>ee. 21. Revenue
men *aw aome Renta on an oil tanker
"pretty well oiled up." They anlffed
the air and followed their noaea to
27.500 • gallona of 190-proof alcohol
hidden In 38 oil druma.
Out in the Forest—Blind!
"His hnn<l groped for a match. In his eagerness it
broke off in his fingers as he tried to strike it. But
soon he found another.
"Ho heard it crack in the silence, but evidently it was
a dud! The darkness before his eyes remained un
broken.
"Filled with a sick fear, ho removed his glove and
passed his hand over the upheld match. There was no
longer a possibility for doubt. The tiny flame smarted
his flesh.
"'Blind!' he cried. 'Out here in the snow and the
forest—blind!'"
What did he do?
You may find out by reading "The Snowshoe Trail,"
soon to be published serially in The Star. The above
is just one of many exciting passages in the story.
GIRL TRAPS
BANDIT GANG
Leads Posse of Men in Pur
suit of Outlaws
FLORA, 111. Dec. ll—Mlaa Mil
dred Kelly, rifle In hand, kept vigil
during the cold night to prevent
< »cape of bandit* aurrounded In
wood* Keven mllea from here.
Miai Kelly, employe of the atute
bank of luka, which was robbed
of tisnoo ycftvrday, led the posse.
IlliKKlhounda will be Kent thru the
forest today aftrr the bandit*.
California Is Now
Pacific Flagship
SAN PKDRO, IH e. 21—The Call
fornia, the new anperdreadnouKht. In
today the flngahip of the Pacific
fleet, following the transferring of
the flair of Admiral R W. Eberle,
commandor In-chief, from the New
Mexico Tuesday.
HOME
EDITION
; SAYS SOLDIER
WAS MURDERED
Witness Recounts Death of
Private
nv FIIASKK HOWARDS
WASHINGTON, I**.. Sl.—Alleged
brutality In the army and the killing
of a soldier In this country were
d«*< rii>ed toiluy in the senate commit
tee hearing on charged of Senator
Watson. Georgia, that American sol
diers were lw.n>:ed in France.
Killing of a soldier by a corporal
at Omip Wheeler, <la, **because the
private refused to work." was
described by Marion ,1. Wallia, war
veteran, of Athens. Co.
The private, n man named Halley,
| of Tampa, Hi, Wallis declared, was
i shot by Corporal Clifford of the 106 th
military police, 31st division, In May
or June, litis.
"Halloy was too sick to work." anld
Wallis, ••Mo went out and worked in
the morning-. At noon he was tied
l>y his wrists. When he told them
| he was too sick to work, that after
noon a sergeant boat him with his
club and broke his wrist. Then the
corporal shot him.
"Did you see it?" oskeil Senator
Overman.
"Yen," replied Wallis. "1 was
standing right there."
Wallis Mid Clifford was tried by
court martini and acquitted.
"Then," he uildod, "they made him
a sergeant und gave him a 30 day
furlough."
The hanging of 12 American box
diers In France was described yester
day by tieorge N. Taylor, of Philadel
phia, testifying before the senatu
committee, Taylor said be did not
know whether the men had been
tried by court martial.
He told the committee he could call
2H of his comrades to substantiate
his testimony.
Before Taylor took the stand Sen
ator Watson asked that Col. W. A.
Bethel, aWing judge advocate gen
eral, and other staff officers be tfx-
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TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
SUSPECT
REVEALS
DETAILS!
Identity b HeU
Secret as Polio*
Seek Others for
Wall Street Blast
BY JOHN (iKAt'DENZ
(Copyrtstit. Iftt, hT ih« I'lIM Pna|
WARSAW. Poland. Dec. tU—
Wolf l.uufciiMil, held hero faQ
ronnrrtion wit h the Wall afc
b«mb munlm, hu imh4 ate
» romplicm. for whom AIwUH ,
arc now mmrrhing, Dr. SlmUm '
Oull.owsld. chief i iiiinlassij of
the I'iiiUh political police,
«l today.
I>r. Uuhtwokl gave the MM •
I'rnui a complete rwtrt «f U»
(lenMd'o ailitillm, both befam
aiid after the d> namiting, Ulm J
from the archive* of it* aaant
police.
This threw the first light of pah
llclty on T Inlrnfrlil'a "Inalils lilsllllj)*'
I'OIJCK KKKKINO
MOKE ( Li ra
While police were mMa-qoeatJMflßgf
I.lnrienfrld. endeavorlngto etldt fms
ther inf.irmAtion from him. Dr. Oak
j kowaki told the "nlted Preaa tha M
, lowing had already been axcertalnati
1. Undenfeld undoubtedly waa to*
volved In the bombing. bteuM ha
knfw minutely In advance bow tha
preparations were made, how UM
Uimb wax manufactured »nit how it
was to be Bet off.
2 Hp did not actually partlcipato
In the bombing, but he knows wha
did. The names of six aooanpUoN
were not dlvul«red by Dr. OuUtowrtA
for fear they would take tha alani
ard escape.
The Polish authorities are taztoV
to deport I.indenfeld to the Unllai
States at the earliest possibia smb
ment.
Llndenfeld. Dr. OulkowaiKl said»
waa born In Warsaw In 188». He la
married, hia wife being in New York,
and haa two children.
WOKKED AS SPY
AMONG KADHAI.S
He lutnlciputed In'a revolutionary
movement In Poland 111 190«. White
a member of the German section of
the socialist party and employed aa
a store cli rk. that party decided Xm
punish him for strikebreaking.
Thereupon Lindenfeld sought p*>
lice protection. The police employed
him as a spy gmonj the radicals. It
was his duty to try and incite tka
radical* to attempt noma unlawful
M.eil and then inform on than*
Kventually Lindenfeld went to Amor
ica. He chanK<*d hla name to Undi
and worked as a tailor'* cutter.
I.ater he was employed aa a detective
by the Hums agency.
lie also started a political new»>
paper called the Tribuna, devoted to
ialkor questions and to war upon capi
talists. He became a member of th*
New York Tress club, on Spruce it,
and also of the international labor
party. He claims to have ndvano*
knowledire of the plot to set off a
bomb in Wall Street, knew the namea
of those Involved and where and how
the Infernal machine was manufac
tured.
After It k»« set off at Broad and
Walt sts. In September, 1920, killing
37 persons, Lindenfeld went to Wll
llnni J. Rurns. ho says. and offered
to go to work for him again, fop th«
purpose of locating the dynamiters.
He declares he received $3,000 from
llurns and shortly thereafter disap
peared-
IS IHSCOYKREO
BY mCTKCTIVB
He returned to Poland, where ha
pot Into close connection with the
communists and attended meetings in
Brussels, Zurich. Berlin and Moscow.
About this time Burns sent Do.
tectlve Sylvester Cosgrove to Ruropo
to locate him. Lindenfeld discovered
he was being shadowed and lmtnedt*
atelv left his hotel without pay lac
his bill.
"We have not yet been able to
prove that he actuully participated
in the Wall Street bombing," said the
commissary, "altho be has confessed
that he hud complete knowledge of
all details beforehand. We cannot
give the names of the six persona
he Implicated because the warning
would be untimely.
"He amends his statement daily
and frankly admits that he has been
lying."
The examination of Llndenfeld is
being continued. His questioning so
|fir Is referred to by the police M a
preliminary investigation.