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The Citizens’ of the army at all, American lake, } - i af oll Young men, here’s a tip. You get the recreation. You get the keen appetite, the whole- le Ew Weather Tonight and fair; moderate west- erly winds, Temperature Las Maximum, 64. Today noon, 62. It’s from the “inside.” Military Training Camp isn’t a part Never mind what you thought It’s your chance to get something for nothing. You get the swims in Wednesday, Hours Minimum, 52. some food. You get the physical development, the rifle practice, the comradeship with other active young men. In short, you get a month’s vacation—free. The army takes the gamble. If you don’t like it when you're thru, it’s nobody’s business but yours. While you're there at Camp Lewis you won’t even be quartered near the regular army men.. You're to '$1,000 REWARD be in a class by yourselves—upright young men with your own ideals. When you finish the blue course—that’s the third; they give also the white and blue—you may want to take advantage of your eligibility for a commission, But that’s your business. If you're between 16 and 35 and can spare the time, it’s your loss if you hang back. If you're between 16 On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March %, 1879. Per Year, by Mati, $5 to $9 Now They Actually Are Giving High-Class Vacations Away Free IS OFFERED FOR MRS. MAHONEY The Seattle Star / and 85 and havé no job, grab your chance. Hurry up. Time is short. The ‘camp opens July 6. Don’t let them fill your place with a youth from some other state. Washington, as matters stand, is the only state that is short of its quota. See the man in charge at the C. M. T. C. office, American Legion headquarters, Stuart building, and see him at once. TH Em 7“: ATE 4 EDITION « 2' VOLUME <> TU Eg SDAY, JU ; 28, 1921. i= re B WOMA | MAY BE ALIVE! Search of Lake’s Bottom for Body) Is Futile; Public Is. Asked to Aid The county commissioners Tuesday voted to ofter a reward of $1,000 for the information leading to the whereabouts of Mrs. Kate Mahoney, missing wealthy and aged bride, in con- nection with whose mysterious her husband, dames E. Mahoney, ts held in eo] wutete<t - eure. ae: ig aaa Mrs. Mahoney, dead or alive’ was the commissioners’ offer. They act- 4 on a suggestion made by Prose | Malcolm Dougtas, who has jverations at Lake Union, ve have all along believed that Ma- oney submerged the body of his wife, in a trunk. Search of the lake has proved fu- tile to date, and Tuesday's action by | the commissioners Is taken to be a/ tacit admission that it is impossible | to find the body there. In offering the reward, the com- missioners have called upon the pub- lic to aid in the search. Chairman Claude C. Ramsay, of the commissioners, said: “We are going to back the prosecu- for to the limit. It looks like cold- blooded murder has been committed, and we will do our utmost to secure | the evidence necessary to convict the ity party.” eure Mahoney was five feet, two inches in height and weighed approx- ‘tmately 125 pounds. She wore a brown wig and had blue eyes, She} Yas said to have been an incessant ‘alker, ing Zour, Mes Comarades! Does | ody know of a summer job with | | » work and fat pay? | eee | fait making a joke of prohibl-| * said Roy Haynes, the new fed- | prohibition commissioner, in his + public statement. Tell your bies fo the police, Roy. | eee boking over the sport ed's fig Portland leads league in games s, we Pacific nost won. see | NATURAL HISTORY NOTE | William Philip Sims, Star corre. spondent, says the dust of the Gobi dexert is carried 1,000 miles by the wind and deposited on the Yangtse river. Huh, that’s nothing! The 1 Stillmans get into a family row in Y New York and t muck spreads out as far as Seattle. | ee | j } } One of our trained investigators reports that India baskets on Secon¢ ¥ the habiliments of their white ters. Another in ‘moralizing effect of civilization. tance 4 NEXT! | T. Robertsongone of our pet con tribs, Walt Masons thusly: ‘The years can bring us anything the most unheardof stuff; it now appears this vale of tears is sor rowful enough. For instance who for the life of you, once thought you'd live to see the world resort to the wicked sport of a Welch's grape juice spree? The evil ways of folks these days have made us sore perplexed, when you stop to think what they dare to drink, what will some folks do next? cee ‘We don't know any reason why verse shouldn't be written lik prose. It's like hiding baby's pill in a jelly bean. Baby don't know! the pill’s there, until the dose is in| is tummy ee At any moment now, the earth in| likely to dash thru the*tail of Pons Winnecké, a wandering comet damage will be done, but the grape brotherhood may & few mor stars than usual, of the de ap STAR MAN INTERVIEWS ‘‘TARZAN” CREATOR with | it T beginning Saturday, story: BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT TARZANA Cal making known my presence outside the office of don't know, hand to rap there came from within a volce, | that was sa You Are World’s (An Editorial Directed at Every Adult in thé State of Washington) you are here face to face with the world’s greatest the tragedy of a little child. * At five Agnes Katherine Hughes was a prodigy; at six she is a crushed flower. A year ago she could speak three languages, could sing and could dance like a day she is mute and paralyzed. transformation laid to 11 words: “There’s The. tragic man in that room and you.” The words were spoken by a thoughtless woman; spc same thoughtless way adults speak to frighten little chil- dren. The child, highly stru tremely sensitive, terical. After a few days a numbing paralysis began to creep along the The Star sent @ reporter to talk) Kdgur Rice Buri at his € Bo nia ranch the sensationally ln, the latent of wh! ible,” is to be publish Following is eee RANCH, Van Nuys, June 28.—Why 1 paused before idgar Rice Burroughs 1 but Just as I raised my And then indeed was I g¢ I had hesitated, for the voice! \Broke U. Ss. Dry Acts [a timia person, ana the T in the| ng | middle of my name stands for just ane itea ona threw a | Draws Prison Torus |aer sok cene coat suet ples of deadwood at the face of George Ray, thrice indicted by fed-| like a nutmeg grater. the nary edadtete below’ thom, eral grand jury for fracturing the| Why had I consented to interview In Pi nah great bony hood |@Y¥ act, pleaded guilty Tuesday to| this creator of Tarzan? ltwo of the charges and drew alx| He must be @ forbidding person, 1 over the neck was erected and a | 4 h | months in jail. ‘The third indictment | started—mentally—but the horror of mad bellow rollea upward from | tans eet lah fae Aeon ecaaiae aie | was dismissed, that creatur nad just heard de- | sigan he 4 scribed held me in its terrible grip, “Fully 20 feet at the snoulder was at first merely scared—then became hys- c and my hand stopped in mid-| hearing on narcotic « Face to Face With Greatest Tragedy! | muscles of her body; finally it af- fected her tongue and her last spoken words were, “Bogey man.” Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hughes, of 688 Evergreen ave., Millvale, Pa., have almost fren- ziedly spent their money to undo the havoc wrought by the 11 sense- less words. All without avail. Finally, they have appealed to tragedy— beautifully fairy; to- the healing professions of the e country for aid. Hundreds of is physicians have answered, offer- sa bogey ing aid. Meanwhile, Agnes is being cared for in a Pittsburg hospital, where a dozen doctors are giving their best to cure her, while they sift the suggestions that have flooded i upon the parents. And these 12 men, wise in the ways of little children, send out this warning to the parents, and he'll catch %ken in the that many ng and ex- aunts and uncles, and brathers and sisters, and people every- where: “Never frighten a little child!” with the yellow lining and the | y the thing stood, a dirty slate- blue in color except for its yel- low face with the blue bands en- circling the eyes, the red hood | Taxi Man Up Today for Dope Charges ellow belly. The three parallel lines of bony protuberances the back gave a further touch of color to the body, those following the line of the while down spine being red, those on either side are yellow, Perry Moore, taxicab driver, ar. rested by federal and White Cross| The five and three toed hoofs of agents, the latter assisted by prom-| the ancient horned dinosaurs i Seattle society women, WAS! haa become taions in the gryt, ' 4 to be taken before United | a Garin} Ned tree | States Commissioner Robert W. Me: | he = fe aprTm, rnd ph rag mg . omar] ones a ne eyes and a med- nd at 4 p.m. Tuesday for final) sy horn on the nose, had per- sisted thru all the ages.” ‘This assuredly was no place for Start “Tarsan the Terrible” Saturday ‘Turn to Last Page, Column 2) ARREST according jcharges today, Prosecutor Greenwood |was in Seattle with Biteman and & dowen other witnesses to other al leged bribery transactions, | PROSECUTOR MAY FILE |preparing to file a barrage of charges |Booze Sleuths Work POLICE HIEF! 2 Bremerton Girls) | Say He Forced. | Them to Pay Him “Hush Money” BREMERTON, Jung %%—Po, | lice Chief Frank Reynolds, dea con of the First Baptist church, é and secretary of the Sunday school, under arrest hero charged with extortion, denied today that he accepted bribes from underworld characters for protection, “Reynolds te charged with accept- ing $110 from J. B. Biteman, pro prietor of the Rainier hotel, near the navy yard, and two hotel guests, Bernice Evans and Betty Gordon, The alleged bribe was passed, to the information filed by Prosecutor Ray Green ‘wood “While Reynolds and his po Meemen were busy denying the| The Star seeking a job. die | to her “‘on trial.” So I landed on the doorstep early Thurs- day morning. It was a wonderful feeling to gaze upon the seven-room house from without, and \dream that once within I would be given sole posses- sion of the kitchen sink ‘and all it contained; to know that the house was mine from top jto bottom—when I used the broom; to realize the clothes lines hung in the back yard for my convenience. I was told again, upon en- tering the hall, that I did not ta look experienced enough to I am going to stay on the job,” jhandle two boys and an elec- mia Re noida, who wee. granted atric stove. I replied by W-day leave of absence by the city jcrawling out of my _ blouse ¢ er the chi ere filed. Bh tg, |"q'am not soing to take a vacation. |and wriggling into the stiff I offered to resign, but they wouldn't new apron, let me. I'm going to stick on the| “The dishes—” I asked, “o’ veh sg win out, because I'm in the | aoupce you left ’em?” Reynolds exhibited a threaten. “Just out here,” she re- ing letter which he says he got |Plied, and led me thru the kitchen to the breakfast nook where numerous cups and the two girls, maid to be after half BARRAGE OF CHARGES The prosecutor is understood to be wainst the chief and members of his} in the mail last night. The let | ter purports to have been writ- ten by sailors. It warned Rey- nolds “to lay off or you will find it convenient to walk off the dock by night.” Reynolds said his arrest is a cul- mination of long trouble with boys from the navy yard. "1 have been in office since Janu ary 29," the chief said, “and have av: “Now, I wish,” ‘piece separately.” I thanked her softly to myself for eraged two or three bootleggers 4! explaining the latter. week. The reports show we have! Or course 1 had s taken in from $100 to $1,200 a month br ad seen an ice box be. fore, but I didn’t know it came a |1 knew it held butter and milk and pickles but I did not suspect it of being moveahte m fines and for d bail, The Rainier hotel is one of the crooked est joints in town, We have arrested more than a score of gamblers, white and negro women and hopheads out of the Rainier, “A Filipino was killed here a year They have offered me and my pen money time and again. | won't take their money—I don’t want it, Tam a man with a family, a deacon in my church and a Sunday school officer, and I'm proud of it, 1 don't even chew or smoke tobacco, About and ocearionally ice, | free within I dragged out the fooa and in. ly discovered some de ipped beef and a bowl The pits of the latter were carried out with the refuse from the breakfast table, Then came the in'nards of the too | box perries. a month ago we took a negro The ning of its attic, womnn outvot chat hotel erasy |cO*Y corner in which the ice n sk vagy Jcame out in three pieces, w “{ told them then I didn’t want | Shelves on the bottom, with the aid any of thelr money be use I was of a little jerk, separated them. soins to arrest them every time 1|Selves readily from the great whole eit caten tna ’ |'The ice In the meantime was placed "i in the sink. All_of which goes to TRYING TO MAKE show that I was Very efficient, and IT SUNDAY SCHOOL TOWN | the box was cleaned and polish ; The sailors say they don’t lke tore more than half of said ice was Reynolds’ administration, because he | melted by the dribbling hot water is trying to merton a “Sun: | + ae day school town. | Sir synolds took office there | Just as T began my wrestle with have been frequent rioting and other |the vacuum cleaner, the doorbell disturbances. Sailors and marines | ran and the “missus” n the | have stormed the jail, demanding the | second floor called down, “Sadie, you release of men from the battleships, | answer the door.” Now, I hadn't whom Reynolds had arrested | been called by my name before, so ‘The sailors say the town of Brem.| the sensation was new, said, he was a stool pigeon. j The city council has asked Judge Walter M, French to call a jury and try Reynolds at once. é wheel at 15th ave. but Get No Results Aitho the entire force of federal with the front end of the prohibition agents was out after) the four occupants of the car was injured, booze runners Monday night, no re-| With Miss Farr © were Mrs. Walter Dobbs, port that they made any arrests was|@. Oberg, of 'T turned into the headquarters up to/TO A Ri noon Tuesday, \ \Sadie, the Maid” Finds Herself in Charge of Kitchen Reporter, Masquerading as Hired Girl, } | Tells Experiences in Queen | Anng Hill Home She knew how to cook excellent fudge, but her knowledge of | housework was extremely limited—when she graduated from the journalism department of the university last week and came to ri But when The Star assigned her to seek work as a “hired girl” in various Seattle homes, so that she could write of her experiences, she was game. paved to “Sadie, the howenaid.” on her fit ay ou | ©Gigantic Sche By Wanda Von Kettler With a brand new, stiffly-starched kitchen apron tucked securely under my arm I started out on my second day as Goff—in search of general housework.” Now the lady on Queen Anne Hill had said I might come bowls and spoons lay in reckless and unbeautiful heaps. she asad ‘cleared up these, that you'd clean out the ice t ox—you know, take it apart and wash each |as the creamed carrots I concocted | part. | | | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE TRY T0 END BIG FIGHT Reformers D in Court It Is for Swindling JERSEY CITY, N. J., June 23 An attempt to stop the champion fight between Dempsey and tler here Saturday was made chancery court here today. Robert Watson, president ef t International Reform bureau, panied by counsel and five clergymen, asked Vice Stevenson to issue an order dit ing Tex Rickard and other pro ers of the fight to show cause 4n injunction should not be inuton to prevent holding { y-Carpentier fight here Saturday, Stevenson gave representatives @ the International Reform permission to go before judge with their petition, H. C. Gilson, representing the form bureau, declared that # promoting the fight were issuing counterfeit tickets which have peared in some Eastern cities. It was announced that the to have the fight stopped would urged on four grounds. These allegations were: That the bout is to be a prize fi not an exhibition; that the pro are engaged in a gigantic s scheme thru the issuance of co feit tickets; that the fight will tract undesirables to Jersey City, that it will be ¢omoralizing ¢ youths. 4 John Milton, corporation coun of Jersey City, arrived at the co house shortly before the he pened, He said he had been y Tex Rickard to appear as at ney in opposing the motion. Gilson declared he was prepared support the argument that the promoters aided in ‘causing count feit tickets to be printed. The clergymen with Watson James 1, Parker, Jormain B Miss Von Kettler as “Sadie Goff, hired girl.” * 4 “T wish, after you've and fed to the family at noon, eee That family was quite possible, There were two little kids who were real—real little boys and * RO ‘ Frank H. Potter, William Parsons real little men—the kind who | ny pa. Dell Wyatt. all aa know how to say, “Oh, I beg | ¢rom Jersey City. yer pardon,” when stumbling Parker appealed to Prosecutor over one’s feet. But they bes Pr eg yesterday to stop the” eh help being nice; they we A quick ruling was expected, os she was | Chancellor Stevenson had another mother’s sons, and nice mother, ase to hea ring the afternoom — oe She treated me so everlasting ee decently that I wanted to weep “a on her shoulder and tell her [ Cafpentier Fast, 3 was nothing but a cheat and a Says Jim Jeffries crook, But I didn't—far be it BY JAMES J. JEFFRIES from to be sentimental. Former World's Heavyweight oe Champion It Kas not until 3 o'clock that 1] Jim Corbett came near beating me” decided that quitting time had come, |at New York years ago, and now Quitting time and ironing time came | that the old days of my fighting cat 7 jreer are begimning to round out the together | I had coaxed an electric burner |Mellower side of human natupssag nto cooking the carrots, I had |Svess I might. as well sdmiy tugged the carpet fringe away from pan ontg me worrled up to that # & bungry-mouthed vacuum cleaner, | TOU" I had juggled the dishes from two |! a recalling this fight with Jim pett to back up what I said in yesterday's article to the effect that jin meeting Carpentier Dempsey if and I didn't feel inclined to | ruffles of a petticoat. fo | ings 8 out the So I said “I guessed” T had to £0.) going against the fastest man he The Jady I wv staying with, I ex-/ever met. plained, didn’t have anyone helping | y¢ was just about the case when | jher, so I thought I'd better get back |7 met Jim Corbett. What a night” and I liked |for nothin e should be fin by the navy it. It pleased me almost as much Whereat the lady on Queen Anne lyard officials instead of by civil — oe authoritie A week ago the town dog catcher, Henry Johnson, was run out of town | by sailc who wrecked his cleaning and pressing shop, smashing the windows with stones, because, they Incompetent Driver at Wheel; Four Narrowly Escape Death N automobile driven by Miss Helen Farrer, 1900 W. wild Monday night when Miss’ Farrer dropped unconscious at the W. and Wheeler st. ‘The auto first struck a police auto, turned and climbed w and tore thru the railing of the W. Wheeler car hanging over a high © t ph Ruby, 7612 Jones ave, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL W in time to help with the supper, | seein’ as how I was gettin’ my room I happened to catch Jim rd round, but a lot id next day that Jim the decision if luck | wasn't with Possibly the news! paper boys were right, Jim gave me a terribly hard battle. He was: wonder with the gloves. Carpentier is regarded by all who have seen him as fast as a bullet: | and tremendously clever, Jack Dempe sey is a strong boy, I was a strong man, too, and considered very dan- gerous for a fellow that had been — out of the ring as long as Jim had)” at that partict:lar time, i | But Jim Corbett, they say, had |beaten up to thai 2%rd round when sf on the curb) ) was fortunate enough to stop oe ning to a stop | with a knockout blow, ment, Nood ba | Carpentier has but 12 rounds to — |stave Dempsey off, If Carpentier — an do as well with Jack ag Jim did — with me, there's no telling whether rr not Dempsey retains the title, (Copyright 1921 by Newspaper Baterprige) that was. right, in the of the critics s would have Garfield st., ran it. brid ba 1900 W. jurfield st., ACCORD SEN ILL AND WAS DRIVL | S. “a

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