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FIVE BULLETS DROP
Monk Eastman, Who Went
Straight, Vendetta Victim.
ARMY RECORD BRILLIANT
Convicted of Felony, Bravery Re
stored Citizenship to No
torious Xew Yorker.
XEW TORE. Dec. 26. "Monk'
Eastman, once leader of a notorious
Bans that terrorized the lower east
s'vle, a convicted felon, but restored
to citizenship as a reward lor hero
ism in the war, was slain today by
"someone unknown."
Eastman's body bearing five bullet
ounds was found by a policeman in
a street. Nearby lay a revolver with
five enroty shells.
In the dead man's pockets were
$140, a watch and chain, and a Christ
mas card. The police say they believe
the killing was the result of a ven
detta.
Scion of Wealthy Family.
Eastman, whose right name was
William Delaney, was .the son of
wealthy and indulgent parents. He
chose as his companions the gang
sters of the one-time "toughest" dis
trict in New York near 14th street
and Third avenue. A dozen years ago
the "Monk" Eastman gang was com
posed of gunmen, burglars and drug
addicts, and the police claimed to
have traced a score of murder mys
teries to ItB zone of operation. Their
leader served terms for lesser crimes.
Eastman last appeared on police
records in 1915 when he was sen
tenced to two years in prison after
pleading guilty to robbery. On his
release in October, 1917, he enlisted
in the army in the 106th infantry of
the 17th division. He then was 45
years old.
Army Conduct Exemplary,
After the war he was honorably dis
charged, but lacked the rights of citi
zenship because he had been convicted
of felony. Governor Smith, in restor
ing the soldier's civic status, acted on
the recommendation of the regiment's
officers. The letter of Lieutenant J.
A. Kerrigan read:
"During the attacks on Vierstaat
ridge Eastman was wounded and
taken to a casual clearing station.
He remained only three days, for upon
hearing that the regiment expected
to go into the line again he escaped,
joined his company and was in action
throughout the Hindenburg line show.
His conduct was exemplary and he
has never been reported for absence
without leave or any other offense."
Another incident related was that
Eastman, under heavy fire, had gone
"over the top" on hands and knees
with grenades to attack a German
machine-gun nest. He gained his ob
jective.
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WASHIXGTOX SOLDIER FCXD
GOES OVER ESTIMATE, .
Representative Declares War on
Lobbying at Meeting of Com
mittee in Taconia.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 23. (Special)
Instead of Jll.noo.000, as estimated
at first, the soldier bonus, recently
voted by the people of the state, will
cost nearly $18,000,000 to disburse, ac
cording to Representative Davis,
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee of the state legislature in past
sessions. Mr. Davis made the state
ment at a meeting of the legislative
and taxation bureau of the Tacoma
Commercial club.
"The taxiayers are so deeply buried
in assessments that if the legislature
attempts to spend any more money
than Is necessary to keep the insti
tutions of the state going, property
owners face confiscation," Mr. Davis
said. "The soldier bonus bill which
we voted for the ex-service men last
election is going to cost the state
about $18,000,000. When we tret
through paying this the taxpayers
won i teei much like going into any
omer ncavy expenditures.
The representative went after
lobbyists hot and heavy. "Lobbyists
are tne dread of all legislators," he
said. "They are the direct reason whv
a lot of legislation is passed involving
unnecessary expenditures. Personally
i even nave been threatened by
iDDDyisis wno dclared that unless
voted for legislation in which thpv
were Interested they would organize
to defeat me at the next election. This
is a state of affairs, which, i ? remedied
win mean the saving of millions of
aoiiars every bl-ennium to the state.
LIQUOR FUND MISSING
Chicago &a!oon Men Say $82,500
Is Taken by Suspect.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Harold Nlch.
else, held by police at Vancouver,
B. C, will be returned here bv Cn.
tain Morgan Collins of the Chicago
police department within the next
lew aays to answer charges of saloon
keepers who say Nichelese absconded
with JS2.500 of their money, collected
last August, to tuy liquor for Chi
cago's holiday trade.
Police Friday night heard of a slml
lar case when saloonkeepers com
plainted that Louis Schlesinger, for
mer restaurant owner, had disap
peared wun is,3uu witn which he
promised to buy liquor.
COOLIDGE BOYS DO DISHES
Calvin Jr. and Brother Don Aprons
After Christmas Dinner.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Dec. 23.
Calvin Coolidge Jr. and his brother,
sons of Governor Coolidge, today
donned aprons and washed dishes
after Christmas dinner.
He said that the "men" of the
family washed no dishes that day.
GERMAN LABOR CHIEF DIES
Carl Rudolph Legien, President of
Trades Federation, Succumbs.
BERLIN, Deo. 28. Carl Rudolph
Legien, president of the German fed
eration of trades unions and socialist
member for the reichstag, died today.
Herr Legien returned' from the in
ternational trades union congress at
London three weeks ago and attended
WAR HERO GANGSTER
days before its adjournment for the
holidays. He was 60 years of age.
He had been a member of the Ger
man parliament since 1893. He was
convinced that much of the labor rad
icalism In Germany since the revolu
tion could be accounted for in the food
situation. He believed that once the
German workingman recovered from
the "fatless years" he would recover
his old-time love for work, law and
order." He once said if Murjich beer
had contained real hops and malt
there would have been no Bavarian
soviet republic.
In his opinion the pre-war standard
of cheap living in Germany would
never return.
Legien started In life as a journey
man wood and metal turner and he
kept up the interest in his trade to
the extent of maintaining a complete
ly fitted-out workshop in his house.
m MINES DANGEROUS
NAVIGATION IX BALTIC STILL
HAMPERED BY EXPLOSIVES.
Lanes Swept Through Area Only j
Protection to Vessels Plying .
in Danger Zone. "
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 26. (Spe-
cial.) Mine fields planted during the
world war still endanger navigation
in the Baltic tnd vessels must follow
charted lanes or risk being blown up,
according to a letter received in Seat-
tie yesterday by Captain Harry Crosby
from George Clements, first officer fix
the steamship Eastern Vjctqr of the I which, the commission explained, has
United States shipping board and I been given out in order that the gen
former master of the tugs Monitor I erai nubile may know the tentative
and Forest T. Crosby of Seattle. -
Writing from Helscingfors, i inland,
Mr. Clements says: . r .
"We have been steaming about the
Baltic for more than a month, and thel,s
weather Is about like Seattle's, with commission's final report, which will
no rain or snow yet. The Baltic is I g0 t0 tne comjns legislature, accom
full of floating and anchored mines ni.j hv n.-ft nf n industrial
and. as they only have lanes swept
enrougn ine mine iieiua, uauiiuii 111 9
be used. After a high wind floating
mines are seen almost anywhere in
the Baltic. One drifted up to the en-
trance to the harbor of Helsingfors
and was destroyed by a British cruiser.
It is common after a blow to hear
them explode as they strike the rocky
shore.
The Baltic is closed on account ot
ice from late December until the last
of February. Since 1918 the United
States shipping board has had a large
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fleet of ships in the Baltic trade and
is making an effort to retain them on
the route despite the keen competi
tion of the Eritish.1
Mr. Clements was formerly mate in
the steamship Rush with Captain
Crosby.
DOMESTIC ISSUES NEXT
HARDIXG COXFEKEXCES THIS
WEEK TO BE OX V. S.
Cabinet Selections Also Expected tol
c Afiscussea unen miii nays
Meets President-Elect.
MARION, O. Dec. 26. Questions of
foreign relations and an association of 1
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nations will give way to domestic dis- I
cussions at President-elect Harding's!
home this week. Among those with
whom he will talk will be Porter Mc- 1
Cumber, senator of North Dakota, a I
ranking member of the senate finance
committee: J. W. Good representative
of Iowa, chairman of the house appro- i
priations committee; Frank MondelLler Wlckes on the southern drill
representative of Wyoming, majority I
leader in the. house; Patrick H. Kelly,
representative of Michigan, and Dan- I
iel R. . Anthony, representative of
Kansas, member of the house military
comniittee. I
Cabinet selections are also expected I
to be discussed at a nronospd con-1
ference with Will H. Hays, chairman
of the republican national committee, was iaKen 10 oan i-earo ana ais
Harry L. Davis, governor-elect of mantled. Destroyer officers hope to
Ohio, also will be here for a confer-
ence. which is nncpfaii i rfooi
Senator Harding's resienation from
the senate and the appointment of his
successor. It is expected that Sen
ator-elect Willis will be named for
the unexpired term.
Senator Harding passed a quiet da
ronowing his Christmas celebration
He remained at home most of the day
Harbor Towns Boom Roads. '
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 26. (SDe-
cial.) Delegations representing
urajs narDor county and the Aber
deen Chamber of Commerce are ex.
pected to attend the road development
congress which has been called to
meet at the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce rooms January 6, to -work out
a legislative programme to be pre
sented at the opening of the 1921 ses
sion.
Civilian Suits Given 6000.
WARSAW, Dec 25. Six thousand
Polish-Americans being demobilized
from the army of General Hailer, pre
paratory to returning to the United
States, today received the first civil
ian suits they have had in several
years as Christmas gifts from the
American ted Cross.
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LABOR COURT HELD
STILL EXPERIMENT
Delay in Adoption by Wash
ington Advised.
LONGER STUDY IS URGED
Commission Declares Industrial
Body With Mandatory Powers Is
Not Yet Fully Developed.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe
cial.) Industrial courts with manda
tory powers, such as the court of
industrial relations, are still in the
experimental stage, and it will toe
more profitable for this state to study
and observe the experiment rather
than to adopt the plan at this time.
said the commission created by the
last legislature to draft an industrial
code for the state of Washington in
a preliminary report made public
today.
I The recommendation adverse to the
in(justrial court plan is the leading
feature of the preliminary report.
conclusions that have been arrived at
Dy the commission and have the op-
portunity to consider, discuss and
criMcizn the ripomm(ndations made
advance of the oublication of the
code bill that the legislature will be
I asked to Dass
The unanimous belief of the com
mission at present Is that the estab
lishment, with the approval of the
staU ot'ioc!ll industrial councils and
local labor adjustment boards within
the industries in the various com
munities will do more to assure in
dustrial peace at the present time
than the extension of governmental
authority over the industries, as has
been done in Kansas.
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bitration are not the uitimate solu-
Anti-strike laws or compulsory ar
tion of industrial disputes, the state
ment said. It was proposed that the
bureau of industrial relations shall be
under the direction of a chief, to be
known as the state mediator, and his
assistants, and that their duties shall
be "actively to encourage and assist
n the formation of, in all communi-
es and industries, local adjustment
boards, industrial councils, etc., to
meet local conditions, and thus tend
to prevent industrial differences from
reaching the acute stage, and also to
offer their own services as mediators
in cases of industrial disputes. In
disputes affecting public utilities and
industries affecting the general pub
lic interest it is mandatory for the
to investigate and make prompt pub-
i lie reports.
U-BOAT TO BE DESTROYED
German Which Played Havoc With
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SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Dec. 26. The
former German U-boat 88, which in
the early Dart of the world war is re-
ported to have played havoc with
shipping in the Straits of Dover and
along the Irish-coast, is to be de
stroyed by the United States destroy-
grounds between San Diego and San
Pedro January 2, it was announced
here today
The U-boat was one of the vessels
allocated to the United States follow-
ing tne internment oi me uerman ves-
sels at Scapa Flow. It arrived from
the Atlantic several months ago and
after being exhibited at several ports
destroy the craft with a torpedo, but
permission has not been received.
Tentative plans provide for the use of
gunfire.
BUILDING FUND IS HUGE
Southern Baptists to Spend Mil
lions During Xext Four Years.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) Southern Baptists intend to
spend 11,000,000 during the next
four years on new buildings and
equipment for educational institutions
owned by the denomination, accord
ing to a decision announced at the
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offices of the church, in Nashville.
Approximately, the same amount will
be spent during that period in lifting
the debts of the institutions and in
creasing their endowments.
Of the building fund, 12,275,000 will
go to institutions of the church which
are known as South-wide, including
the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary, Louisville, Ky.; Southwest
ern Baptist Theological seminary.
Fort Worth, Tex.; Baptist Bible In
stitute, New Orleans, La., and the
Baptist ' Theological seminary for
negroes at Nashville, Tenn.
The remainder of the fund will be
expended for new buildings at the
Baptist colleges within the several
states comprising the territory of the
southern Baptist convention.
POT OF PRUNES EXPLODES
MAX AND WIFE ARE KXOCKED
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Score of Tenants Flee From Apart
ment House; Pair Ar Res
cued, by Firemen.,
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (Special.)
When Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Giborden
of Newark, N. J., placed a pot of
prunes on the kitchen stove tonight
they little thought they were starting
something that would send them to
the hospital and greatly excite tneir
neighbors.
A citizen passing the house a few
minutes later heard an explosion and
then saw flames lighting up the win
dows of the Giborden apartment on
the third floor. He sent in an alarm
while a score of the tenants fled to
the street. Firemen found the Gibor
dens lying scalded in a corner of the
kitchen, the ceiling torn away and
the walls plastered with prunes.
"We were just boiling prunes," said
Mr. and Mrs. Giborden.
They explained they had placed an
iron cooking pot full of prunes on the
stove and were waiting for them to
boil. The next thing they know was
when the firemen shook tnem, tney
said.
Because the wreck by explosion
was so complete the. police were un
able to ascertain whether something
else had found its way into the pot
besides prunes. All that remained of
the pot was a bit of iron six; inches
long.
PROBE FOLLOWS DEATH
Police Report Man Believed Mur
dered to Have Been Suicide.
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BAYONNE, N. J., Dec. 26. J. F. Mc
Guinness, whose body was found in
Newark bay Friday with a hole
through the head, committed suicide,
police here stated last night. The
family of the dead man, who was a
prohibition enforcement officer, be- i
lieve that he was murdered. j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. The bu
reau of investigation ot the depart
ment of justice, under instructions ot
Attorney-General Palmer last night
began investigation of the death
Friday of James F. McGuinness, a
prohibition enforcement agent at
Bayonne, N. J. Special agents will be
sent to New Jersey to co-operate with
the local authorities. The action was
taken upon request of Joseph P. Tu
multy, secretary to President Wilson
Xavai Budget Announced.
TOKIO, Dec. 26. The budget for
the coming year was presented vat
preliminary meeting in the house of
peers Saturday. Tne naval, appro
priations proposed amounted to 498,'
000,000 yen.
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which, by universal consent, is tne
Want-Ad medium of the community.
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All evening garments, Vests, Pantaloons,
All Furnishing Goods 30 Off !
All Hats and Caps . : '. 30 Off!
All Bags and Suitcases 30 Off!
At these stupendous reductions all purchases must be for CASH. This sale will, of
necessity, continue for a few days only. Never in our business history have such
drastic price reductions been made on high-class wearing apparel.
Winthrop Hammond Co.
Correct Apparel for Men
127 Sixth St., Between Washington and Alder Sts.
Formerly
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Established 1884
The time has come when it is not the
question whether merchandise sells at a v
profit or at a loss.
Never, during the lifetime of those now
living, have the present business conditions
existed.
The profit of the individual is of small
moment where the welfare of the entire
country is involved.
. Manufacturing conditions are unsettled.
Raw materials are cheaper. Labor is un
employed, especially in the eastern cen
ters. No manufacturer or retailer is ab
solutely sure of reproduction costs.
The clearing of shelves has become a
public duty. Business must be maintained
and factories run in order to sustain the
industries of America.
Reconstruction period is here and lower
price levels must be made. Every business
man has a public a . patriotic duty to
perform. The wheels of industry must be
kept running.
WINTHROP HAMMOND.
In accordance with the above, it is our purpose to immediately sell every dollars
worth of our present merchandise, in the shortest possible tune, and thus be able to
restock with goods of 1921 manufacture.
Reductions:
Clothing
Winter Overcoat
Every Business Suit in
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