The Seattle star., September 05, 1922, Image 1

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PEO ? LE OF „I HE PACIFY NORTHWEST HAVE ELECTED THE STAR THEIR FAVORITE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER —BY 15,000 PLURALITY
MILK PRICE WAR ON IN COURT
VOLUME 24. NO. 1«5
Says J
By Jim Marshall
li \ oil Tha editor olnh
llooirr Brew's mala cow . . . tha
Mtorting beast . . . It'» over in
another caiyuni. decorating aotna
of Ma) or Brown'a atuff ... I
klchrd at first, hat ing a dr«kr to
nw tha aitinutl . . . ami titan i
read ItrowiTs atuff . . .
• a a
I hava. for half an hour or so.
bam engaged In tha compilation of
• handy election guida ... a aort
of art of rutai on which, from ob
servation. ataciiona ara run. I com
me nil thaaa rule* to candidate*.
Totem and thoaa who may become
candidate* In future
a a a
Tha rule.*, aa 1 hava worked them
<#ut. ara:
That It la against tha taw for any
Candida!" to hav* published In tha
public prints any pit turn of himself
which
(a) I* Vara than 13 years old.
and
|M Poe* not show tha candidate
bearing tha rtern main of ona who,
iMvlng civan several Uvea for his
country, la witling to sacrifice a few
mora if vltally necessary.
a • a
That no candidate ahall run for
OffXe until a horde of his friend*
have spent a few days, in silent
prayer and meditation on hia door
step, continually ratatng loud im
portuning* that he throw honor
aside and become a public official.
• • •
i That the puMlc conalst* wholly of
boot*.
That all dry candidate*, aave one.
drink whlaiky: all wet candidate*,
save one. drink whlaky.
That It la au fait to apread tha
Idea of belief la th* will of the pan
p'e. In fare of the fact that no ona
bvt an arrant tdlot eonitidem the will
of tha people of any importance
whatever.
That fiend* In human form are
always tearing down rival*' poatera.
enabling the rival* to pose a* mar
tyr*.
That "Indoraement*" by congerle*
of solemn moron* belonging to vari
ous come on organisation* are sup
posed to have tremendou* Influence
with the boob-olsle the Influence,
practically speaking. being that of
congree* on progre*a.
That contlnuou* residence In Seal
* tie la the highest virtue to which
than can attain, and that the length
of the martyrdom therefore must be
Inked blackly on election literature.
That the Ku Kiuz Klan ha* a tre
influence, and that anyone
opposing It probably would lose both
It* vote*.
That any candidate who Is so fool
iah aa to appeal to reason and Intelli
gence, Instead of to sentiment and
bigotry, la merely aaklng for de
feat.
e * e
That the palm for etolclam. for
merly held by the Kenimore Cooper
Indian, la In reality the property of
fhe average politician, who can,
while dlaciiaalng politic*, keep a
•traUtfit face.
That In every election an optlmlat
may compuie about & per centum of
fta| <9Mndld»'<« to lie mentally and
hon'-at. jrrneriilly b<•< auae
they laclc Imagination to b« other-
That th* Job of th«i av*»rnjr* voter
v h;»« down to wfarlly pick
Inj? th« offcnxlv#* of the motley
crowd which pretent* lU*lf for hl«
, »uff rug ft.
WINNIPEG, Mun. ('annda'i
« wheat crop for thin y+ar lit
117.000,000 bu.sh'tla. Js#tt*r than cx
J pe« t#»d
HOME BREW
Will not appear while
Homer Brew
is on his % vacation
WEATHER
Tanloht <tml \\ rrinrttlay, nhouvr•
WttU nlrtly
triod*.
Trni|M>ritliirv |jt»t • J tloiim
Maximum. «a. Minimum. <1
T«hlh) noon. til.
READY TO BRING
FUGITIVE BACK
Lieut. Kent Due in Oakland
After Clara Skarin
IVlcllvr XM, W. H. Krnl.
of Ihn MMIII' pallrf, duo In
»rri»r in Oakland Im-.liy la
lulu- rlurc of C'lam Skarlit-
H lnhofn. M In Jail Iherw In
ronnertlon with Ihr murilrr «>f
t'rrdinand Horhbrunn, agrd ami
wealthy really dealer. I»l jrtr.
tma of the atrongeat link* In Ihr
chain of rircumatantlal evidence
MailMl the woman, who la facing a
charge of first degree murilrr, >« the
testimony oflrrad by Mra. Pierre
Chadotal. who with her huaband oe
cupM tha apartment below I loch
brunn'a at ISJO Fifth »«#,
Aa announced nrlmlvrljr In
Tt» Star on IVrerober ID. IMI,
( tara Nlutrtu-Wlnborn *M known
to lta« r bM In at *
hoard of gold miwy, < aptain
of Drt«tl«m Chartra Tennant
admitted that lltxhbrnnn had
been In Ihr habit of collecting
gold rain* and aforlnc them
awajr In • tin ran. Th» amount
ranged well o»er Il.tM, IhU
money wan never found, allho
nearly $?.«•« In currency wa«
found in a locked trunk In the
apart mrnl
Mrs. Cbedotal declared that Clara
shortly after the murder. had dis
played considerable money—all gold
--and had paid carpenters who wrr"
repairing *he roof. In thta coin. Rh»
had also bought he rself a fur coat
with the gold.
It wm also Mid that Clara had
been mn with the tin ran. TVputy
ProMOitor Ralph Hummer visited
the murd'r apartment after the body
had been di»cflv»rM and found th»
can—empty It now re»t* In the
harnli of Prowrutor Malcolm !>>ug
tea.
Mr». Chedotal also testified that
Clara bad been aeen In the company
of a young man. whom It la rumorfcl
police are now seeking In connection
with the murder. Ills name la aald
to be M.irkham.
By walrhlnc from the window,
Mf». fhrdotal often saw fl»r*
rm« Fifth ave. and meei this
man on the opposite sidewalk.
Thcr would then walk to town.
The man waa aeen In Her com
pany even after the murder had
taken place. The fact thai a
man waa heard In lloclibrunn's
room* on the night of the mur
der, October 13, lend* color to
the theory that H waa a man
who ktiled llnchbriinn.
a a e
CHARGE GIRL
STOLE BOOKS
OAKLAND. Cal . Sept. I.—"Bbe*
the moat remarkable woman 1 ever
aaw." waa the characterisation today
of Clara Hkarin. held here for He
attle authorltlea In connection with
the murder of Ferdinand Kochbrunn,
of Seattle. by VV. J, I'eteraon, captain
of detectives.
"Her polae la perfect; her wit U
keen, and ahe entirely bafflea quea
tionera."
Mian Hkarln continued today a*
calm and confident aa If her arraat
waa but a trifling incident.
"I'll do my talking In Seattle,
when the time come*." ahe told In
terviewer*. "It won't help me to
talk now. Beaidea. 1 don't know
anything about thla affair—l can't
nay anything worth while."
Hhe wax ready to chat and to
amlln whenever anyone approached
her.
Mra. J. .1 Oardner. of Han Fran
ciaco, liaa Identified Mia« Hkarln ax
a girl who workeii for her for two
montha under the name of Lydia
Hunt. Hhe accuaed her of taking
booka and other gooda from her home
when ahe left.
• your charge la Juat petty lar
ceny," Mia* Hkarln told Mra. Card
iicr»t tha jail. "I am facing a charge
of murder In Heattle If they don't
take me back to Heattle, then I will
May here and you can preaa your
charge."
MIHJI Hkarln denied Mrn. Gardner's
accuMat lon#.
BKU.'WiHAM -f'ondtictor O. C.
Mc|>ermott tian«a on trolley car pole
with «00 vol la of electricity paaolng
tin u It, uud eatapes ulivu.
The Seattle St^r
tm.i.4 u Mwund i'lih M.lt.r May ». »«•». at itia rnat.fflr* m Maaltla. vtiik. under «ha Art of C»n|r«w March t. »•!». P» Vaar, tijr Malt. II u> II
Here's Benton
City Girl in
Front Rank
&Utor T« Htar:
Your front pan mentioned on
August 31st, that Marianne itedfleid
»ol»iwl tba fourth grade at the
tender >i» of 7.
Our daughter, Kae H«h>n, ha*
duplicated thta record all tha way
thru.
At tha age of * aha »nl»r»d tha j
third grade. at tha a** of 7 tha *
fourth, and thta week at th* age of.
* ah* alarta In tha fifth grade. At
no tima bu har inuli been balow It
average.
Wa M not keep any racord of har
tchliwraanta, Juat considered har an
ordinary normal, healthy girl, mi- j
ways ready for har *m k or l»lajr. ;
and l>aa tout no special I raining. j
ttanlnn City, Waah.. tha cumins |
county aaat of {teuton county, at
tha N"»a«»t«ar tmm gl»* ><"• •
several girls who have made thaj
abort racord.
In fact, wa think that wa ran
dupllcat« anything that la good and
right that can ba dug up anywhere
tlaa.
Tour* truly,
Mn Af#r> MitH. r r. prtrrr.
t'nlon Pacific Ag»nt», lienton City,
Waah.
WILD DRIVERS
BEING CURBED
A vigorous police rnmpulin
against «|K-n|pr> showed reault*
Tueaday whm only four mWorlits
appeared on tha police court docket
Tuenday charged with Kprnllni.
■ In Purrahan. 22. waa eent to
jail for 41 hour* by Actinic Pollr*
Judge Jacob Kalina and fined ISO
Pnrrahan waa lonvlclKl for Ihe *ec
ond tlma In a month. Ilia blua li
cense was rtnwlnl and a yellow ona
Issued Ilia auto waa put In the
police locker.
A tremendous decrea** In auto ac
cident* ha* also been noilrwl, only
IJ being reported In the last 24
hour*. Four men wera arretted In
that time for speeding One man
waa held for rerklesa drlvtnK and
three wera ch*rged w "b drlvlnn
auto* while drunk.
PROGRESSIVES
TO WITHDRAW?
POUT LAND. Sept. S- That pro
irreaalve republican* In Wnahlngton
atate are drifting toward an agree
ment to perauade Col. George lump
ing and Mr? France* Axtell lo with
draw from the rare for the aenatorlul
nomination, ao that they ran center
their efforts In behalf of Judge Aus
tin K. Griffith*. la the statement
published In the Oregoman, In a dis
patch from Seattle.
"Agreement on Judge Griffith*
and the proposed elimination of Col.
Lamping and Mr*. Axtell," sava the
<liapatch, "I* believed not ao milch to
be nacrlbed to a drift of sentiment
toward Judge Griffith* (is to a widen
ing recognition of the fact that there
la no rhance on earth to beat poin-
dexter with three candidate*. Kven
the moat hopeful of I'olnrlexter'a ene.
mlea concertea the fart that It will he
a hard enough fight with only one
candidate. Hucceoa la out of the
queatlon with three.'*
Bargains That
Will Interest You
Can Be Found
in Today's
Want Ad Columns
On the Issue of Americanism
SEATTLE, WASH., TUESD
FAMOUS BISHOP
KILLED BY FLU
Head of Reformed Episcopal
Church Dead
CHICAGO, Said. I—lilahnp Sam
Ofl Fallows. lind of tha He formed
Kpiscopui Church of the I'nlted
HUh'n, died liaro today. foC[ »ln* a
lon* lllnma |<a waa a cw -..tonally
known fmra In irll(l«u and
imtriotic affair*.
Iliahop Fallow* waa *7 year* old.
Ha waa tha oldest living graduate of
tha I'nlversity of Wisconsin. Ha
contracted tnfluenia on a trip to Oil.
fomla and waa rnahed bark to hla
horn* here. Hla condition Improved,
but IN suffered a relapse yejrterday
from which ha failed to rally.
A daughter waa at tha
Dinliap Fallows waa horn In Km
lan din I*ls. Ha moved to Wlseon
am ip IMI and married l.ucy Hertha
min«lH#fr>n of MSrshatf. Wis. In
lIU sh. dial In t»l«.
niahop Fallow a was made a
brigadier general during the tlrll
war for "meritorious services."
LA FOLLETTE
UP FOR VOTE
MILWAUKEE. Sept. Wlocon
din republican* p«M*<l Judgment to
day nn lb* war record of Htuilar
Hubert M. Jj» Follatte.
In a elate primary, voters ««v»
their decision on the bitter battle.
«H|*d chiefly on the question of the
veteran Hxlgrr Mtnalar'a opposition
to Mm war. by William A QtßfMd
Two complete republican ticket*
were In the content I„i Follette ami
tiny John J. Illalnr, who la a candl
date for renomlnatlon. headed the
pr«*re».ive elate. Uan field. a college
president. had William J. Morgan,
present elate'* attorney general, aa a
running male for the gubernatorial
nomination.
2 YACHTSMEN
ARE MISSING
HAN FRANCISCO. Hept. ».
Search woa started today by hydro
plane* and motorboat* for the yacht
Thistle. with I>. T. W. Patriate and
Oeorge Hanaon, prominent Ban Km n ■
dm yachtsmen aboard.
The yacht left the Corinthian Yacht
club yesterday morning for a crulee
with other yacht* of the club.
I jut wen, It waa off the couree.
having hit bad weather and a strong
»i|v. run current lale yesterday after
noon.
Failure of the yacht to return thl*
morning caused a aearrh to be insti
tuted.
Alaska Salmon Run
Short, Say Fishers
ASTORIA. Sept. 8. Shlpa of the
Alaska fiukom' association return
ing from the Alaskan rnnncrtm hear
ing Iho season's pack, report a short
ar.inon, with a cat'h below normal In
Iho Kar Northern watm
Two of th« old-time windjammer*
have arrived at Hun Kranclsco, one
at Puget sound and one In the Co
lumhlu river, nil of them carrying
but medium loads.
Ammonia Fatal to
Brother of Mason
PENTIKWTON, Ore.. Kept. 6. Krtd
Mason. brother of Walt Mason, wide
ly known newspaper verifier, and
employed at the Pendleton woolen
mills, died here early today from the
effects of a drink of ammonia, taken
by mlMtrik«\
Babe Ruth Chalks
Up 29th Home Run
POIX) OfiOUNDB, New York,
Kept. b. Hal** Kuth made It lm 29th
home run of the season this after
noon In the first Inning of the HUH
ton-New York game.
Pennock was pitching tor the Red
Box.
HAN FRANCISCO. Harry law
re nee, 45, dreams lie la trapped In
elevator shaft, with elevator descend
Injr upon him/ and thruata hand thru
window near bed In effort to "es
cape." Severs urtcrics.
There Can He No Compromise
AY, SEIT EMBER 5, 1022
JAIL 'EM ALL!
That's Daugherty's New
REPORT MEN
SIGNAL FROM
i MINE PRISON
Rumors Spreading
That Shots Are
Heard From Trap
in Argonaut
AT Tlir AKOONAIT MINK.
Jarkaon. Cat* Kept, ft—Kuiwn
of algnais from the I? Imprisoned
men were again spreading l|ke
wild fire today among the min
er*, all ho the com mil lee of mine
■>f fid tie remained silent I hi.
morning.
The miner* whe worked In tha
l.m-fMI latd la»l night said
they heard blaala from the 3,90*
fu.4 level at the regular time.
Half an hour later, Ihey de
clared. thVy heard two more dla
tlnel id iota.
I Too loag a time elapsed between
thane J,MO foot level ahota and tha
mysterious two sounda for tha lat
ter to have been an echo, they be
llnvrd.
The man Who told of this experi
ence today had |»««tously scoffed at
reports that shots wera heard tha
night before.
AHho the committee la officially
silent on the "signal*." V. Oarbartnl,
Argonaut superintendent and mem
ber of the committee, admitted thla
morning that he believed signals
were not Improbable,
"It la eaay for men to get e*.
cited and hear what they want
to hear." he »ald. "Bui I llilnk
It I* poaalMe that the men might
be alive and algnaJlng to let u*
know they are alive.
"II they arc living, the men
know everything we have been
didng alnce we alarted work from
the Kenned) aide.
"They oould he«r tha shots and
Judge how far away they were. Now,
i If they are living, they could tell we
! are growing very close.
"This will help to keep t ham ajlee.
They can hold on better when they
; know rescue Is near *
In the lust week no blsstlng for
gold hits taken place In the Kennedy
mine, ao there Is not believed to be a
possibility that shots from any other
leeel sbovo could have been heard.
With the renewed hope among the
townspeople at large that friends are
alive, men are dlsrusalng possibilities
that the hurled miners might have
I been keeping alive by eating rats.
INest to nlr, food Is the most reri
ous question, for the men are known
(Turn to I'age -I, Column !)
BURGLAR GETS
A LIFE TERM
finding guljty on the «vi of going
to trial, Hurry Floyd waa sentenced
to lift* imprlwnmrni on an habitual
rrlrnirwil charge TUfNlay by Huj>erlor
W. W. Frmter, *
Floyd, with hla partner, Kmmin
Fldley, who In now M>rviDK ft tons
of one to 15 years In the Mat* peni
tentiary wt Walla Walla for burglary,
confessed to f>eputy I'roNcntinx At
torney C. Itoas that he assisted
In looting Heat tie honren.
Deputy sheriffs moverwl more
than SIO,OOO worth of household
good* Htolon by the pair.
Floyd haa a record of on© convic
tion on n grand larceny charge and
thrae for burglary In the second de
gree.
Asks $25,000 for
Love of Husband
A*klnft $25,000 to compenante for
the loxa of her husband's love, Mra.
Nfllio M llathhone filed suit in au
perlor court Tuesday Hgalnit Clara
H. Hourdesux, whom she allegea en
ticed Kathbone nwny.
OR AT LEAST MAYBE A
WRIT OF PROHIBITION
Dashed about upon the turhu
lent waters of Washington
when their motorboat stalled, Jim*
tire of the Peace C. C. JLHilton and
Deputy Proaecutlng Attorney
Cheater A. Batchelor *pent an
anxious afternoon Monday before
they were towed In by a pua.*4ing
boattna n
Whether the able exponents of
the bench and the Iwir were prop
erly fortified agalUß! the crool ele
ments la not apread upon the rec
ords.
Motion to mnke more definite
and certain IK In order.
JEWELL DEFIES
RAIL LEADERS!
Strike development H today include:
President Harding and cabinet reported discussing a
new and drastic law which would include within the ban
of the rail injunction all persons jfivinK aid in any form
to striking shopmen.
Samuel Ciompers and labor leaders are said to have dis
pleased Harding and Daugherty by their strike attitude.
Veiled hint is made that (iompers may be arrested.
Congressman lluddleston takes opposite stand and in
troduces hill to send government agents to prison for
depriving any person of lawful freedom of speech, of press
or of assemblage.
CHICAf.O, Hepl. 5 llert M.
Jewell, prrtidrnl of the striking
railway shopmen. I<xl«) will a
lo lil> f>Hl»«rr< from hla
hiding place.
JrwHl wtnl hla men lo stand
firm. declaring they wrrr "la
btir'i l»i|M- In t |rr»l Indus
trial war which has rat til aince
the world war MNH."
Tli" was printed In the
shopmen's »wk!y bulletin, l»»ued to
day.
"W» don't «|ipNir to It* able to pt
Justice, food. clothing or shelter from
the railroads. the president, <ungres»
or the railroad labor board." J«w»ll
stated. "W» muat therefore rely on
ourselves only."
Mrrnni iHrrrtly la lh« rail
road nrrutitn, tha meaaage
said:
"I»e«plle your Ihreala, your
running and your artiemlng. you
are licked and you and all of
your asaorlalea know It "
The message declares that decisions
of the railroad labor hoard are
"promises written In sand."
JeweU'a hiding place, to which he
fled shortly after the federal Injunc
tion waa Issued, waa still unknown
to federal authorltlee today.
• • •
Release Man Held
by Injunction Law
CHICAOO, Sept. I.— Hope of test
: ing the "Dauglierty Injunction" re
i ceived a temporary setback today
when federal authorltiea announced
'abandonment of the case against
Joseph Kloboikl, alleged Injunction
violator.
Kloboikl did not Intentionally vio
late the injunction, federal official*
believed, and they wanted a strong
er case to make a test.
Klobork! was released from cus
tody. He was arrested while loiter
ing sround the railroad shops here.
• • a
Worker U Killed
by Switch Engine
PORTLAND. Sept E.—William
Birch, switchman employed by the
S. I*. * 8 railroad, was crushed by
I a switch engine in the company's
j yard* at midnight, receiving Injuries
| which reused his denth eaily today.
Hinton Starts on
Flight to Brazil
KEY WEHT, Kin.. Hept. B The
]S.iinpato Correla 11, piloted by IJeut.
f Walter Hinton, got away for Uriuil
iat noon today.
After two unaucc+**ful attempt*
, to Mart. Hinton got the giant sea
' plane Into the air and wlnge.l away
j for Neuvetas hay. Culm, where the
I next stop will lie made.
Lieut. Doolittle
Is at Kelly Field
HAN ANTONIO. Tex., Sept. 5.
Lieut. James D. Doolittle, making a
crosscountry flight, arrived at Kelly
field here shortly after 7 o'clock thla
morning. He marie the flight from
Jacksonville. Flu,
I.lout, l)oollttle hopped off from
Kelly field shortly l>efore 8:30 for
Sun Ditto. He expected to reach the
Coast tonight.
Jlj. TIME I ,[Lr
Hi ill Seuttle to five cent* within ,g.
jk days."—Mayor Brawn, in fvBHRg
speech delivered June 5, liis In-
L
M
HOME
EDITION
W \HIIISf.TON, Kept. S.—Ki
lenalon of the Oaugherty injunc
tion to bring within Its acope all
prraons who give aid in anv form
lo the tOO.OOtI alriklng railroad
shopmen waa discussed by Presi
dent Harding and hla cabinet to
ds) .
Broadening of the Injunction wa»
declared by one cabinet member nec
«*aary to slleno leaders of nonstrlk-
Ing unions who have continued to
send public and private messages of
sup|w>rt and sympathy to the shop
unen's leaders ever since th« injunc- ■
Hon was Issued.
Hharp differences of opinion pre- 1
! vail among cabinet members a* to |
the extent to which the restrictive
I powers of the injunction ahould be
1 Here.-, sed.
Two members were understood to
j look with disfavor on extension.
All were agreed. Including the
president, that caution be neceanary
J to avoid undue Interference with the]
' rights of free speech and a free '
pre«s
l-egal experts of the department
; of Justice today were scrutinising the '
• I<abor day speeches and meesagea of |
| labor leaders to determine whether i
[the Injunction had been violated. {
Harding and Attorney (.en
era I Oaugherty are displeased
with utterances of Ksmtiel t.om
pera and other labor leaders.
Oaugherty. It is understood, la
ready to take alepa agalnat (iom
pcra and leader* of some of the
railroad organixatioua.
INJUNCTION
UNDER FIRE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.
Aiming at the federal Injunc
tion against alriklng shopmen,
Itepreaent alive Huddlcslon, dem
ocrat. Alabama, today Introduced
a bill which would extend tin
malfeasance statutes to include
any official of Ihe government
"who by means of his author
ity. deprives, or attempts to de
prive, any person of his lawful
freedom of speech, of press or
of assemblage."
Huddleston contended In n state
ment that the Chicago lnjuntuon is
Illegal.
Ho would have any government
agent found guilty of Illegally using
such power In an industrial contro
versy committed to prison for a
minimum of 10 years or fined up
lo SIO,OOO.
Americans Win in
Davis Cup Matches
WKST SIDE TKNNIS CLUB. For
i est llllls, N. V., Sept. r> America re
j tallied possession of tiie classic Da via
cup for another year here this aft
ernoon by winning the third victory
of the world's tennis championship
matches from Australia.
The third victory was scored by
William M. Johnston, of Sun Fran
cisco. who defeated Gerald L. Patter
son, at 0 2, 6-2. 61, In the first of the
final two matches for the cup.
i liONIXIN. —ln hpeeon on "The
I Mttta D*vll« That AnHail l'»," (Jen.
' Booth, of Salvation Array, expresses
j belief that people do not smoke In
heaven.
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
CONSPIRACY
IS CHARGED
TO SffIPPERS
Milk Men, Accused
of Price-Fixing,
Argue Demurrer
to Complaint
By E. P. Chalcraft
On Ihe outcome of a closely
(OiilMlfd legal battle begun in
superior court Turmb) ilrprnda
Ihf prlcr of milk in Seattle.
Hi* members of the Seattle
Milk Shippers' aumiillsn
charged willi conspiracy to fix
tlie retail price of milk in Ike
rily faced superior Judge Calvin
8. Hall, while their counsel ar
gued in behalf of a demurrer
(again*! the charge*.
Should the demurrer b« puatained,
i the aasociution. it In claimed, can con
; trol the figure at which milk la sold
to the consumer. If the demurrer
lie overruled, the defendant* will in
the ordinary course of evenla be
placed on trial before a Jury.
Defendants charged In the tnfoit
roatioD, which was filed lUy IB by
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Doug
! la*, are C. B. Bcollard. C. E Fisher,
J. M. Albert, Sumner Osborne, """""
Thomas Owens, K. Tsukamakl and
' W. Makiyama.
In Ihr word* of the Inform*-
• lon, throe turn, all of whom are
officers In the Seattle Milk Ship-
P"*' a*MH-lalion. conspired |*
"force and compel all grocery
More* supplied by their dlv
tributorn lo sell milk in the oily
»f Seattle at a price of not Iraa
than II rent* per quart."
The alternative, It IK claimed,
««< the rutting off of the milk
•apply from lh»y who did not
comply «itli (he alleged price
fixing mandate. Twelve wit
ii'»w« were li«ted for the state.
Dean Rurkhelmer, arguing the de
murrer in behalf of the defendants,
declared that no facta have bees
shown In support of the price fixing
charge.
"Neither Is there any showing that
11 cents per quart Is nn exorbitant
price for milk." Rurkheimer said,
"nor that it will (five the dealer any
unusual profit. Furthermore, no
showing Is made of our Interfering
with trade or commerce."
Walter 8 Fulton was associate
counsel for the milk shipper*, while
Prosecuting Attorney Douglas* office
was represented hy Deputy Prosecut
ing Attorneys Kwlng D. Colvin and
ltalph Hammer.
The motion of W. Makiyama, one of
the defendants, for separate trial wa«
granted June », by Superior Judge
Austin K. Griffiths. Maklyama. la
an affidavit in support of his motion.
stated that he had been ordered by
n physician to take his -.vlfe back to
Japan for her health.
This was supported in an affidavit
by the physician, Dr. Owen Taylor.
On June 30 the milk shippers pre-
sented a motion to quash the infor
mation. This was denied by Judge
Daniel H. Carey on July 1. The
motion to quash was based on the
allegation that th© defendants could
not be proceeded against by informa
tion, a« a grand Jury was in session
at the time, and the matter ahould
have been presented to It.
Wants to Make New
Treaty With Panama
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Presi
dent Harding today sent a communi
cation to congress asking termina
tion of the present treaty with Pan
ama, eo a prrmament treaty can b*
drafted.
The existing treaty, drafted by
William Howard Taft while secretary
of war In 1904, was Intended to hold
only during the Panama canal con
struction period. It has now served
Its purpose, the president stated, and
the administration desires to replace
it with a permanent covenant.
East to Come West
and West to East
Western Khrlnera will visit the
KUuit, and Eastern Shriners will visit
the Wont In 1923. according to Bar*
nurd S. MoMahon, of Oakland. Cal.,
mamiKor of the Shrine Touring: Co.,
now in Seattle. Ho dot-lares that
thousands of l<2astern Shriners aio
planning to tour the Coast next year,
while many Western Shriners will
motor Hast to the ttHS Imperial
council session, to be held m Willi
ington, I). C.