Four Persons Shot In
Two Pistol Battles Be
tween Police and Ban
dits On Seattle Streets
Seattle Jan 22—Police d''t,Netive
James O'Brien was shut and killed
by a b3ndlt last night. Patrolman
K*U McMillan and William Aagle
and civilian Dean oarmcn were
w-undcU. The officers ar<-' danger
ously wounded and it is e-^Pei't
c<1 that Angle will probably die
T*o battles with thf bandits wore
fought and one of them John Sm?th
was captured after he had been
shot in thp tliigh and right ankle
by the police. Smith emptied his
revolver at the policeman and
wounded Garmen who was ^tandin-:
nerr by. Th^ first bottK" was on
Broadway and th« second a renew
al of the one in which O'Brien
wcj killed occurred before the Hog»
building on Second av°•
Will Draw First and En
quire Afterwards
Seattle Jan 22—Th0 de^th, of de
tective O'Brien at the hands of a
holdup man caused Mayor Cald
well and the police chief to or
d-.r *v*ry policeman on the force
wheja in the act of atoliping a sus
PeCt to first draw his revolver and
ha; e it read for business. The Ma
y -r appealed to all citizens to co
ODcrat® with the officers and quiet-1
lv to submit to questioning whq'n
stuped by the police.
Smith Admits Shooting
Three Police Officers
Seattle Jan 22—Smith who shot
detective O'Brien when formally
charged with the murder admitted
It and also confused to the shoot
ing of Anglo and McMillan. Lat-'r
Angle died of his wounds and Mc- '
Mtllan has very slight chance f«>i*
retOvoT. It is urged that tho
•t,rial and Execution of Smith ho
! spsedy.
?♦ L Puts Justice Up To
Superior Court judges
| •cattl'-* Jan 23—The Post Intel
l'g> nc^r comes out in an editorial
and calls won tho nine Superior
Jujges to s^t aside all other c.is •
an,i tiring the murderers of St'v
O'Brien, and Angle to tri :1
Monday morning. The slay(.r of O'
Urien and -\ngle was transfers d
to the county jail on Sunday as a
Precaution against any attempt at
lynching.
Still Sticking 'Em Up I
Seattle
•'cattle J-n 24—P. lVnninsf n
early tals morning ha,i a j>. ::.ful i
exasperating e*i ori- nco with a hold
up man in S°a?tle. Pennington
ariiv^d in the city JVHtflrda.v in or
d >r to'undergo *>n operation at th >
Provid^nc" hospital this morning.
i'arly in the morning h0 was r.i>
pr ached by two men and when abo
to pass them one stuck a gun
stoot if he m ule an outcrr cr i.ii .»
shoot if he mdae an outcry or fal •
move. At tht. roint of a pun h"
w>s forced from a v :t:h Ale ft' 1
("oiamoia street half a block and
taeen to an nll-y wh're he was
strfnppj] of his valuables amount
ing t° $-14.00 aCttr which he vra*
3liowed to go.
Smith Arraigned-To E-:
Tried Thursday
Seattle Jan .i*—Smith th© murd r
,-r of O'Brien and Anglo. pl^atUd
guilty to tbe murder i f ih^ two of
fic rs wheu arranged this afternoon
He was to com-.- b-forv the court
th s morning but an owino t> crov
in the courtroom caused a def"'
r'rg of the hoirlng until this !'• M
He will come to trial Thursday.
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P. H. GANTY
Seattle Jan 25—James Wieker
sh 'iu is in the city and while l>era
1 • t;vi-vi .1 u-l^grnm from Y.'aghlng
(ten this afternoon stating t'lat ho
had won ou In tha 0leCtlon contest
wl.h Grigsby. This gives him the
' dfclegntes seat instead of Grigjsbr.
Washington Jan 23—The Shipping
Board thru secretary Payne denied
cnat it had ever given ills approval
to ®ny agreement between the inter
national Mercantile Jiarine Oo and
tile British Admlrality detrimental to
Algeria:n shipping intere^ts.i This
denial was contained in a lettei*
fron: secretary Payne to Senator:
Jones. !
Paris Jan 2 J—A conf*renee,,which
is 'onsideretl only next to Uiat ot
. lrning ot tit© Versailles tr°aty in
ii.'iiiortance is now on. The i>remiei
oi Gre^t Britain; France and reP-1
rcs'ntativqs of Italy Japan and Bel-|
glum are ia Hie city attending tlie
coifer^nc®.
II POLICE OS
"in 11
&*' w
iliPOLIS
Montreal Jan 22—The roc'm d--m-j
onst'ation of the unemployed has
pi: t'.:e Police on guard. Thg forco
h?5 b- a strengthened b7 addition
•:1 men many restaurants aru closed
t in tV' f.is'iionuble resident-.- dis
;ii ts measures liave be«n tak<n to'
t any further demonstrations on ■
i!. part of the unemplay^d.
Police Were Going To,
Hang Smith
s^attle Jan 24—The removal of
imith. to vho county jail resulted
from th° disclosure of a plot among
the P-jliee to hang th^ murderer in
tlio Public safty building.
Third Victim of Bandit |
Dies
tattle Jan 23—Officer McMillan ]
tho third of the four victims of ban
dit Tmith died yesterday afternoon, j
"I gu^ss its all" ho mumbled ate he I
r.-'tsed away. Carman tbe civilian
victim will recover.
Requiem Mass Said For
Dead Policemen
• Seattle Jan 25—a requiem M«sa
was the prelude to the funeral cor
ing of the three policemen slain by
Stn th Tie offlotrs of the Police
force fith a large concourse of citi
zens Piyed their last homage to the
rr.r ir.ory of the thrj® gallant guard
ians ot t^° P«ace.
CrowdeiMeetsWith
Great Success
"
In Cuba
Washington Jan 22—Major Gener
al Crowder who as the ijejpresenta
tlvfe o£ tie government at Washing
»oa whs sent to Cuba to straighten
Oit her financial and political
; trouble? is making progress beyond
; "li's highest expectations'" accord
ing jo an annjouncement by the
[ mto Department today.
BRITISH SUB. K. Si
Wild ENTIRE
OH LOST j
I ondcn Jan 22—The British sub- I
marine K3 with commander John A'
>Jai»09 ana all th0 erew wer0 lost
today. The submarine was approach}
irs thQ Engllhii Channel when the j
accident occurred. Beside th° com-1
' ciandpr the submarine carried a
: cr^w of fifty. The Admirality made|
j aniouncf iuent of the loss today.
AVashlngton Courthouse; Ohio. Jan |
23—Sis mambers of th6 family of
James Ad kins w®w burned, to death
in their home. Someone attempted
to build a kitchen firo with; key
set o.
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STARTS ME'
New York Jan 22—"Marten^ th° j
representative of the Bolsheviki who
has bepa allows to r0main in this ■
country for many months and whom
tte government refused to recog
jilzo qg Ambassador of the Russian ]
Soviet government was deported ti
(i»y- I it.:'
NIGHT RIDERS
F.
Lexington Jan 24—Xight riders
visited a number of farmers in this
vicinity and warned them not; td
sell any mor0 tobacco until the
Price came up at the rigjc of hav
ing their barns and houses burned
t"> the ground. ___ ^ '.iLu;
PRESIDENT WILSOK ADVISES
HANDS OFF FROM RUSSIA
I Washington Jan. 23—The Presi-j
deft in a letftert to Paul Humana in-(
dlw-tes what hie method of opera
tioa In Russia would be. He dector
es that the great powders should (
mnice a "Public and Solemn" e-ngag<
ment not to violatQ or permit the
1 vio'atlon o£ the territorial Integrity
[of Russia.
jle feels that la eqgen.tial; to
the pacification of Armenia and the
otLer state3 bofdering onj thei form
er emperor. The Prudent says tha
ha neTer beli®ved that the problems
T*tged by the Bolsheviki coup could
be aoiyed by ou&ide military actions
»n,j be adds that th6 IUiaslan revol
ution mujrt be| developed to a satis ?
factory conclusion by the Russian;»
with »uch h«lp as may be voluntari
ly received.
Ottawa Jan 25—The regulation
regarding Petroleum and natural gas
In he Northwest Territory! weira sus
pended by action of the government
In Council. The government conpld
[ urs this action necessary In vew of
tl'o recent dacoY*ry of oil at Port
Norman on th<© MacKen2ie. The dls
cofery la of national signifi
cance. ! i •
FBI POSTAL
ATt. Vernon 111. Jan. 22—One of
the robberu of the mall at. tbe Un
ion stition In Chicago hafc confesse
cfd. Gay Kylp who rung a garraee
In tiih place and who wa^t former
ly a Fr-e Methodise Minister con
fessed that he wafi Implicated in
ths :obbery. The thieves secsurred
one hundred and eightjj five thous
and dollars. They found one hun
dred thousand dollars In an 40
crate secreted in the garage.
Washington Jan 24—The Industri
al depression which hafc held! the
world In its grip for the past month
is declared to bo at it$ low^
point. Aocording to rePorts gather
ed by the government experts we
can from new on e^ect Improve
ment. 1 , ; i. ! ! i
OFFICER IS DEAD
FROM BAIDIf
WOUNDS
iUd Francisco Jan 24—Policeman
Thomai Hanna died today. Ten
diy* ago he attempted to| arrest a
burglar and was shot (our times.
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, j3litfaP08t Jac 23—A letter from
formar emperor Charles bids hi*
iupporterb here to remalnj etcUd
*»>t that the time will come when
th«*y can restore him to hia throne
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