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» * ¢ Weather Tonight and Wednesday, occasional rain; fresh to strong westerly wind. Temperature Last 34 Hours Maximum, 60. Minimum, 46, Today noon, 49. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Clase Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattte, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 The 1) Pea B . (6) dred 19) Myrtle 23) Fannie Gooch. (24) Jessie Foz. Confessions of a Husband: (Copyright, 1921, The Seattle Star) DECIDE 1 AM A FOOL AND FORGET MY SUSPICIONS I had hardly gotten inside the @partment when Dot demanded: “I thought you were so busy at the office. How did you happen to ‘De out this morning?” “Why, dear, I was fearfully busy; I wasn't out a minute except to get ® Dite of lunch.” “Well, Edith called up and they tola her you were out.” This fairly staggered me. I had had my own suspicions of that call and had been wondering whether to say anything about it to Dot. Evi Gently, I had merely made a fool of myself. “Well, I was terribly busy and I simply couldn't be disturbed,” I tried to explain. “What did she want, anyway?” Oh, it's too late now. Things are always too late with me. They're ‘giving a dinner at the Bonnycrest Country club tonight, and she want- ed to find out if you could get away in time to take me.” ,“But why didn’t you phone?” Clearly I was a bigger chump than SAYS JURYMEN DREW LOTS FOR VERDICT OF DEATH AGAINST MAN HOUSTON, Texas, May 10.— Penalty of death was decided by drawing of lots in the case of H. L. Walker, scheduled to hang here today between 11 a. m. and unset, according to information given by Franklin P. Davis, fore man of the jury. This fact was presented to Gov- ernor Neff at Austin today, but he refused to grant a reprieve, according to a message from there. Sheriff Binford has postponed hanging until 2 p. m. to give the doomed man a further chance for life. According to the story told by Foreman Davis, the jurors were deadlocked. Some wanted to hang Walker; others wanted to give him life. Finally they agreed to draw lots. Death won, I had ever before suspected. “Bobbie was crying, so I was hurrying to get his lunch ready. Rosa was cleaning and couldn't at- tend to him.” “I'm mighty sorry, dear, I would have liked to go, too, If you had called up, of course I would have come to the phone.” “I must say that’s sweet of you. The whple thing's just like you. You never are nice to my friends—you said this morning that you didn't like her. And you don't care a bit |whether I have a good time and go with the people I want to go with.” I tried to apologize, but I knew It would take a little while te smooth things over. I couldn't biame Dot tor being angry. It certainly looked as tho I had done it on purpose, especially after I had told her in the morning that I didn't lke her new friend. ~ Having made such a fool of my- self, 1 was leas inclined than ever to give Dorothy any hint as to what my suspicions had been. They were surely dead now. As I washed I swore softly at myself and called my. self a conceited jackass ever to have had such ideas. It was plain that I had behaved like a cad to a woman who merely |was fond of my wife and who was \doing everything in her power to show it. The fact that I had con fined myself to my thoughts didn’t excuse me a bit. I resolved to be especially nice to Edith to make up for it After getting into a clean shirt I went into Bobbie's room. Dot was there but she paid little attention to me, Bobbie was standing in his lit tle bed, holding firmly to the side. He was just beginning to talk. For a week I had been trying to teach him to call Dot “sweetheart,” but as yet my patience had borne no fruit. “Who's this?” I demanded, point: ing to her in the vague hopes that the baby would come to my rescue “Feetart,” said Bobbie, his tack bursting into a broad grin at his own | cleverness, | “You old dear!’ exclaimed Dot, turning to me with brimming eyes. (To Be Continued) mise Which one of these will win the $1,000 contract to in pictures? larrison. (2) Enid Metcalf. (3) Margaret Wales. (4) Beatrice Bile %3) Vera|she knew of his quarrelsome dispost-| ) Ruth Morris. (7) Isabel Anstead. (8) Vera Merritt. (9) Ruth McAllister. (10) Filmer. (11) Josie Tisdall. (12) Hilda Eyler. (13) Virginia Hall. (14) Estelle Ring- (15) Louise Lough. (16) Frankie Kiolet. (17) Vevah Lough. (18) Pearl Vassar. Rochon. (20) Florence Tuttle. (21) Nina Louderback. (22) Ruth Listman. MOVIE JUDGES IN A DEADLOCK Three days efforts of the judges to select eight girls from the semi- finals to compete in the finals of The Star-Universal Film company contest resulted today in a hopeless deadlock. The mechanical staff was ordered to overhaul all scenery, studio light- ing. equipment and cameras in prep- aration for further tests, Tomorrow the judges will resume the task of combing the ranks of the 24 semi-final contenders for the one girl who is to be sent to Uni versal City this summer as “Seattle's own” in the films. But the judges are to try a new tack. Several girls have been sum- moned to appear tomorrow for an- other tryout. Others will be called later, as directed by the judges. By this method the judges hope to pick the eight final contestants, The contest will be over when the judges choose one out of the final group of eight, hand her a railroad ticket to Universal City and a con- tract to play in Universal pictures for 10 weeks at $100 « week. | But that may not be all that awaits the winner Several sur- prises are being discussed, lp: 4 Riddle Man With Bullets in Brawl PORTLAND, May 10—One men, riddied with bullets, is dying, and a second is in precarious condition here today from being clubbed and cut with a bottle aw a result of a |brawl in a pool room late last night. The trouble is alleged to ha’ started over the sale of a quantity of moonshine. Before police quelled the |near riot, H, Fedderson, 36, had been |shot down, and another man, An- tonio Lybich, 26, had his head laid open with @ bottle. |Baby 3 Days Old; Father Drops Dead The father of a $-day-old baby, Bert Whitted, 27, dropped dead of acute indigestion at hig home, 911 29th ave. 8, Tuesday. Whitted had been working in @ mill, His wife is in the hospital H., TUE DAY, MAY 10, 1921. TELLS HOW 'Weeps on Stand in Dra- | matic Recital of How She Slew Husband Sobbing conrulstvely on the wit nens stand Tuesday morning, Madge Anna Sawyer told a visibly affected jury of seven women and five men the story that is expected to win her ‘reedom. Charged with murder in the second degree for fatally shooting her husband, Howard I. Sawyer, last May 10, she related intimate tnch dents of her married life, baring the motives of alleged vicious quarrels ‘reetpitated by Sawyer and finally ending ta the tragedy. ith Mrs. Sawyer as the story was cing told. The entire panel Ustened ith solemn dignity. | Mra. Sawyer was called to the tand in Judge Edward C. Mills’ de- artment of the superior court before crowded room of spectators at 5 a me She was not the first witness for he defense, The state had closed ts case after calling Police Captain ‘harles Tennant and Lieut. William Cent to testify to statements Mra. awyer is alleged to have made im- nediately after the shooting. The defense then called Mra. Frank Robinson, who said she had known Sawyer in Pomeroy, Wash., fe tion, Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Pat- terson objected. ‘EIGHBOR OF SAWYERS 18 CALLED ‘The court sustained the objection, and the defense called Mrs. C. E. Lake, who was a neighbor of the Sawyers when they lived in their houseboat on Lake Union, where the shooting occurred, She testified that Mra. Sawyer called her her “Seattle mother,” and his bride’s ear and “knock her over | to the side of the boat.” She said | Sawyer waa “very cranky” @ short time before the tragedy. Mra. Sawyer then took the stand. Dressed completely in black, she gave her name quietly as “Madge Sawyer” and sald she was 22 years old. “Where were you married?” asked Attorney Walter 8, Fulton, her coun- sel. “In Tacoma, on March 1, 19: “Did you come to Seattle immedi. tely?” "Yes, and lived In the Lincotn ho- tel until it was destroyed by fire. Then we lived in the Holland hot four days and went finally to the (Turn to Las: Page, Column 2) (BEGIN HERE TODAY) ‘expert on dow of @ cowled man, rifling bh study, one hig following nls {napector Dunbar of Beotland Yard visit Atuart to show him a broken orna- was found on the cor} ment that fe man murdered and own int | Thames river. Stuar ent | representa the tall of @ ac * | Duns a mysterious Chi . known laa “The Scorpion.” Dunba eves the | scorpion jomething to do with t mystery nding the death of Sir nk Narcombe. GO ON WITH THE STORY (Continued From Yesterday) CHAPTER IV. ‘The telephone bell rang. Stuart reached across for the in- strument and raised the receiver. “Yes,” he said—"Dr, Stuart speak ing. Inspector Dunbar fs hi Hold on.” He passed the instrument to Dun bar. “Sergeant Sowerby at Scotland Yard wishes to speak to you, in- spector.” “Hullo,” said Dunbar—“that you, Sowerby? Yes—but I arrived here only a short time ago. What's for three or four years, Asked if) declared she had seen Sawyer twist) A See Him Shot “spuds” is dead! The litde Airedale whose broken shoulder and leg caused the entire community of Killarney, across Lake Washington, to ait up nights, lest he tear away the healing splints, has passed on to dog heaven. And just @ week ago “Bpuds” was on the high road to recovery and the whole town rejoiced Decause he could take @ few halting, limping steps. | inhuman brute. cee “Bpuds” was carried out Into the woods, when it was seen that he could never recover from the injuries to hin leg and shoulder, He looked up into the eyes of the man who was bearing him tenderly into the firs His stumpy tail wagged cheerfully and he growled fiercely at his ancient enemy, the chattering chipmunk. His shoulder, black with gangrene, throbbed painfully, but “Spuds,” secnting the FOUR BROTHERS 'DIEIN FLAMES: | CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 10—/ | Four brothers, ranging in age from | 12 to 21, were burned to death when their home was partly destroyed by fire today. They were. Ledger, Ernest, Warren and Lester ‘Trembley. They were trapped by the flames on the third Moor. UPERSTITION COMES HIGH SHANGHAI, May 10.—The door of the gencral staff headquarters faces south. Chang Huai-chth, chief-of- staff, thinks that’s unlucky. He has ordered the building altered so the entrance will be from the southeast. The alteration will cost $5,400 and | the chief will pay it. STRAW LID WEEK TO OPEN ON SATURDAY; $50 PRIZE OFFERED Straw hat season will officially open bright ‘nd early Saturday morning, which also ushers in Straw Hat week. Trot out your old hay kellies, men (provided, of course, your wives haven't sold ‘em at a rum. mage sale). Mayor Caldwell has agreed to ult the lid by donning the first official straw lid. The retai) trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce today of- fered a $50 cash prize to the per. son guessing Nearest to the num- her of straw hats sold during Straw Hat week. All aboard! ERE’S PRIZE OF ALL ALIBIS “Judge.” said Alfred Wallin in police court Tuesday, “I picked up those stockings on the floor of the department store. I knew they didn’t belong to the store, so I grabbed them and ran for the nearest newspaper office, intending to put an ad in the paper and find the owner.” Judge J. B. Gordon thought the story sounded fishy, so he jolted Alfred with a $100 fine and a 30- day jail sentence. Woman Is Burned in Chicago Hotel CHICAGO, May 10.—An_unidenti- fled woman was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Queen’? ho- tel, a second-clags house, here today. Six others were carried out uncon: | scious from the smoke, Seventy-five weer in the hotel when the blaze started, Did you say Max? spector,” replied Stuart—“er—a epe- jetal case. But I hope you will keep ime in touch with this affair.” “Well, I shouldn't have suggested your coming to the Yard if I hadn't wanted to do that As @ matter of fact, this scorpion job seems to re solve itself into a case of elaborate assassination by means of some un- known poison; and, altho I should have come to see you in any event, because you have helped me more than once, I came tonight at the suggestion of the commissioner, He jinstructed me to retain your sery- that? — Max? Good God!" He put down the telephone and turned to Stuart, who had been lis- tening to the words with growing “We have been asleep!" he ex- aimed. “Gaston Max of the Paris Service has been at work in London for a month, and we didn't know jitr’ “Gaston Max!" cried Stuart — “then it must be a big case indeed.” “Poor chap,” continued Dunbar— “it was his last. The body brought } Jet in from Hanover Hole has been|ioen if they were available.” identified as his.” . s “What! ‘Tt i the body of Gaston| “! &m honored,” replied Stuart. Max!" Dunbar wrapped up the scorpion's tail in the piece of tissue paper and “Parts hi just wired that Max's fo ef was about to replace it in his note reports ceased over a week ago, He was working on the case of Sirjoase. Then: Frank Narcombe, it seems, and I] “I'll leave this with you, doctor,” never knew! But I predicted a long |he said. Stuart took the fragment from Dunbar, who had in unwrapped it, and, opening a drawer of the writing table, he placed the curious piece of gold work within and re- locked the drawer, time ago that Max would play the Jione-hand game once too often. They sent particulars. I'm going along now. Should you care to come, doctor?” “Il am expecting @ patient, in- FIRST IN CIRCULATION BY AT LEAST 10,000 COPIES DAILY OVER NEAREST SEATTLE RIVAL TH LATE EDITION The Seattle Star UR CAUGHT LEEING FROM SCENE OF “Spuds” Is Dead nd Killarney Village Is Deserted So That None May the evening, Spuds was always down at the dock, his stumpy tail wagging joyously, his eyes alight with gay friendliness, “Bpuds" had been shot and wounded by some while the doctor worked over the dog and placed his shoulder and Ieg in splints. Then they took turns watching over him at night, lest he tear away the bandages with his sharp teeth. At first it was thdight that “Spuds* would re- 1 e@dlock this afterncen, cover. The jagged wounds healed rapidly, and Pig th Starwich sald Edward = puppy regained his wonted appetite for F. Filion, the youngest of the nen. - When he was abte to limp a few feet, the vil- four soldier suspects, had cep lage staged an tmprompte, cclotention, feased that they were the mum But the deadly buckshot that had been sent - es crashing into bia shoulder killed him. Despite marder We commited the care and attention of his friends, gangrene Plerce county. Filien sald set In. He had to be shot, did not sco act Eq Mil The entire community sat up Auto of Slain Man Is Stop- ped by Mountain Snows Nfyjé 8 L COYLE SAYS HE WILL SIT TIGHT OLYMPIA, May 10. —“Governor| braska, and Wee” Coyle doesn’t intend to do any: eee ani cap, thing spectacular, he told friends re here today, during the three weeks he ts acting chiet executive of the state in the absence of Gov. Louis F. Hart. He did not say positively, however, that he will not listen to the plea of Isom White, 19-year-old slayer con- demned to die May 20, for a stay of execution, but apparently, if every- thing in the White case is found to have been “regular,” the acting gov- ernor will allow the law to take its course. Thus far Coyle’s duties have en- tailed merely the signing of a few vouchers for building construction “THE GOLDEN SCORPION” By SAX ROHMER here, Denver Passes Bill Regulating Rents DENVER, Colo., May 10.—Resi- dent and apartment house rentals in Denver will be regulated by the city if a bill passed by the city council last night becomes a law. The limit is set at 12 per cent net return from unfurnished property and 18 per cent from furnished property. Kenmore and his body thrown inte the bushes some distance from the main road. The auto was stolen by his murderers. The murderers were they expected to reap a rich from the slain taxi driver. (Turn to Las: Page, Column @ Copyright by Robert M. McBride and Co. Mo Gregor’s footsteps could be hean@ receding along the corridor. ;: Mile. Dorian sprang from chair and took out of her @ number of emall keys attached a ring. Her robe of white and clung to her shapely figure as she bent over the table and tried three” of the keys in the lock of the draws er which contained the myste! gold ornament. The third key fi the lock, and Mlle, Dorian pulled open the drawer. She @ first a checkbook and next a . vate account book; then from under the latter she drew out a envelope sealed with red wax bearing, in Stuart's handwriting te addre: Last Property Offica, Metropolitan Police, New Scotland Yard, 8. W, A moment she hesitated; laying down the fragment of and also the long envelope upon the table, she took up the telephone, Keeping her eyes fixed upon the closed door of the study, she aske@ (Turn to Page 11, Column “I will walk as far as the cab The door closed and Mrs rank with you,” he said, finding himself to be possessed of a spirit of unrest. ‘ They had not left the study more than two minutes ere a car drew up outside the house, and Mrs. Mo Gregor ushered a lady into the room but lately quitted by Stuart ana Dunbar, turning up the lights as she entered. “The doctor has gone out but just now, Miss Dorian,” she said stiffly. The girl addressed was a type fully te account for the misgivings, of the shrewd old Scotswoman. She had the slim’ beauty of the East allied to the elegance of the West. Mrs. McGregor, palpably ill at ease, conducted her to an armchair. “If you please,” called the girl, detaining her—“do you permit me to speak on the telephone a m ment?) As Dr, Stuart ts not at home, I must explain that I wait for him.” “Certainly, Miss Dorian,” Mrs. McGregor. “Thank you so much.” a i 2 replied