The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 5, 1921, Page 7

‘POSTMISTRESS ADMITS MURDER |Killed to Cover Up $32,000 Robbery PAIM BEACH, Ma, Ang. 5. shot Miltmore—I did it after attempting to make him sign a statement that ho had committed the — robbery He wouldn’t sign and in desperation I shot him,” This is the confession mado by Misa Lena Clarke, pretty Postmistross and poet, to Chief of Pollee Vestal at Orlando, ac cording to word received here today. W. M. Miltmore, Orlando restaur ant man, was found dead in a hotel room in that place shortly after $32 000 disappeared from a registered package a week aga. Police arrested Lena, The young postmistrean told polies she had followed Miltmore from West Palm Beach to Orlando, bad |lured him to her room, drugged him land had then gone for police. She did this, she said, because she sus pected the man of the postoffice robbery, Later @he told authorities she alone was reeponsible for the rob bery, that she stole the money to a shortages approximating $20. r Everybody His OwnMoonshine Plant, Latest! PORTLAND, Aug. 6, — Ftint! Por Pete's sake, don't tell Vol toad De, ©, J. Gaddin, of Oakland, Cal, informed dolerates to the annual convention of the West ttle Embarkation Point! | 272 Momeppathic axnociation here last heey that every humble cit! |] zen as & boore iu is Ow Of Stefansson Party = [| "Syne" suman ene ens own. Next Thursday : manufacturing hol for the uae of the system,” Dr, Gad eran dis whispered to the folks pres a aa, wa w. Sener, ent, “The customary amount ts was on the Kartuk when it about one ounce, 100 per cent, Secked, and Allan Craw bottled “in bond, manufactured of Toronto will sail from from the food which is ingested.” port mext Thursday for But the good doctor relieved the change tite’, the .Axesio apprehensions of his hearers by They will form the ad- asserting there is nothing in the guard of the latest constitution against such dintilia- || Jansson polar expedition. tion. Jn fact, he hinted that the explorers will anil on the}| Detter & Person's constituion is, r Victoria for Nome, where Pataunch little power schooner the better distiller tha man ia, Ah, wotta relief, wotta re is now being outfitted. The August should see the party Pr seas, will winter on one of the n islands, where next winter Will be joined by Stefansson @ @ party of scientists f m and members of his expedition conferred Friday couver regarding their trip, ip expected to take from two @octared the party travel across the Arctic ice without large loads of equip- Or cumbersome baggage. fe will live om the pountry,” the Canadian explorer. “Animal @ ts abundant in the North, and familiar with Aretic travel can and comfortibie living on the Tesources, whore the inex» would suffer hardships and of cold and hunger.” ‘will lecture in Seattle ‘y night under the auspices of Elltson-White Chautanqua. He : speak on “My Five Years in the DSPITAL TOTS ARE GIVEN AID 3: Aug. 5.-—Tacoma & John Budd, commissioner of pub- to the rescue of Seattle's Or- | safety, has announced that he will Hospital fer Children. | back a plan in the city council today fly in need of funds due to Gov-|to give the busses an unrestricted or Hart's refusal to give state aid |oneyear franchise and the bus men institution. immediately followed with an offer ‘& result of the call sent out by | to bring in 30 additional busmes, mak- } hospital for new memberships, |ing a total of 100, Untf same per. gh for the upkeep of the in-jmanence of tenure is given, the bus 40 Tacoma residents have! men «aid, they will not spend any EADY FOR IORTHLAND Er. LAGK OF STREET CARS NO WORRY | Des Moines People Travel in Trolleyless City DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug, 5— Take $10,000 Booze Cache of Banker’s CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—The tral ef Warren Spurgin, defaniting president of the Michigan Ave nue Trust company, has been lost In Mexico, detectives said here today, Operatives who traced the al- leged embesrler of nearly a mil- Yon dollars to the vicinity of Chihnahua, Mexico, said all traces have been lost, Prohibition agents today raided private vaults t» the Michigan Ave. Trust company and seized $10,000 worth of liquor, mid to have been the property of Warren C. Spurgin, Business men, however. afraid that | fugitive president of the bank. shoppers would not get to the down | Federal agents declared Spurgin town district, and that outoftown | ¥"# the only person who had ac trade would be frightened away by | Ce** to the wault tn which the |the trolleyless city, late yesterday | quer was stored. jheld an executive conference at angen pa rege ou and tentative plans} ¢ car system under way tur clared, waa connected with a boot lexging ring and used the vaults in the bank for storage purposca eee Take Another in Huge Swindle Ring CHICAGO, Aug. Police today setzed another member of the alleged million-dollar swindle ring, sald to be headed by John Worthington. Charles W. French, who was tn. @eted with Worthington, was ar rested tn a raid on a hotel. French will be arraigned before Federal Judge Landis today. e. the upkeep of a bed the yoar, at the cost of $250/and three busses formerly piled, three busses now carry the load« are sent to 2107 War.| With the limitation of short hauls | ave, Beattie, where they are/and the ald of “have a ride” motor ied over to the Institution to be ists, however, everyone wa# riding, im caring for little people af-|aitho sometimes tn discomfort. ‘with infantile paralysia, dis-| One bus, seating 16, carried a load from birth or injury, tu-jof 53 workers on @ sixth city run Of the bone and the many /|this morning. No traffic accidents of undernourishment. have yet been reported. Const Harare 6 | CLEAN-UP SALE OF CAMPING GOODS Right in the height of the seasan, we offer Camping Necessities at Greatly HACKENSACK, N. J, Ang. 6.-- Six bandits today held up several guards and the paymaster of the Barrett Manufacturing company and eacaped with @ sum estimated at be vale $40,000 and $50,000 in cur combination Spring Bed and Tent made. Has served thousands of tourists and campers during the last four ae Because of its unusual comfort, simplicity and practical construction has no equal. No ropes or stakes are necessary and camp can be made with this combination within five minutes after stopping. NO. 5 OUTFIT fastens directly onto Auto—NOW . - $54.00 NO. 7 OUTFIT is equipped with attachments for setting out by itself— NOW wnmmoomonncecccree coccccececessrscecs cers +: seccccosonese $59.00 —only one tent and bed in each outfit. STOLL OUTING and LUNCH TABLES, were $6.50—NOW. GOLD MEDAL CAMP COTS, CHAIRS and TABLES— _Singles were $6.00—NOW ~ Three-quarter sizes were $11.00—NOW ... _ Gold Medal Tables were $6.00—NOW . “Gold Medal Chairs were $1.60—NOW. ~ Gold Me “Medal Stools were $1, 25—NOW. "Kampkook Folding eal Kampkook Folding Gasoline Stoves | Gasoline Stoves | Canteens, bi feucets, were $7.5 were $16.00 were $15,00 aS ce NOW—85.45 rata TACKLE senses BSE Water and Gas -__NOW—813. om NOW—$11. 75 LINE REELS Quadruple Multiplying Click and Drag; 60-yd. mapasitys: Poesia $2.69 Green Enameled BAIT BOXES, Special Nasi Wet & Dry 32¢ ‘lies—good assortment; Special $1. 50 doz Baseball Mitts and Gloves 87, only—assorted shapes and sizes, ranging from $1.75 to $14.00. SPECIAL—CHOICE—ONE-QUARTER OFF We Have Good Stock of Playground Balls Te than $42,000,000 in Spurgin, federal anthoritics ae! | re ‘THE SEAT TLE STAR’ ESS [EXHUME BODIES IN CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—More bod foes are to be exhumed in an at- tempt to solve the Schiller park murder mystery, Coroner Hoff- man said today, ‘Thin follows the finding of arsente in the body of John Demmer, who ~ buried olght years age, in Colby, Mrs, Fred Kolea Mra. Demmer, who, | with her bus! FIRE DESTROYS Two Families Forced Out by Morning Blaze Fire of unknown origin broke out in the home of Archie L. Pickering, 9641 Géth ave. S, at 1 a m. Priday, driving the family into the street The house was completely destroyed Firemen and police were unable to save any of the contents of the house. ‘The flames, fanned by a high wind, threatened the home of L. M Record, 9637 54th ave, 8. next to the Pickering house. The Record fumily fled to the street, but thru the immediate rexponse of the fire department, the Record home re caved. slight damage, ‘The Pickerings were cared for by neighbors, It is reported that they were slightly burned trying to save their furniture, but, according to firemen of the Rainier Beach de- partment, no one was injured, The lone is estimated at $2,600 The Pickering house was owned by BL, Talmadge 4 Children Perish in Tenement Blaze NEW YORK, Ang. 5-—Four chil- dren were burned to death today when fire swept « tenement house in the Bronx. Two other perwons were fatally burned and five sustained lemser in | juries, HERE’S MORE ABOUT MURDER - STARTS ON PAGE ONE 20.29 Remington rifle, three sticks of dynamite and a quantity of caps. He drove to the home of Dennis Russell, south of town. Rummel! didn’t amount to much. He wag a bachelor and lived alone In 4 shack. He tended a fow sheep. 80 far as anybody knew he had neither [kith nor kin. He was shiftiees, sul Jen and sickly. Soelety would not mins him if he died. Dr. Brumfield, I have learned, met Runsell for the first time about a I do not know what means Dr. Brumfield employed to persuade | Russell to go with him tn the Elgin Six. I but reconstruct the event with much materials as Bnve come jto hand. Russell went with Dr. Brumfield about a quarter of a mile to a point on the Pacific highway. Here Dr. Brumfield stopped the car. The time wae nearly 9 o'clock He struck Russell on the forehead with a heavy instrument, but Rus he did not instantly dia, Russell strugeicd an¢ fel out of the automobile onto the pavement. With the rifle Dr. Brumfield shot Russell, firet ip the head and then twice in the body as he lay pros trate on the road, It was the blow and the bullet tn the head that killed Rumell The autopsy showed that the body wounds were accompanied by no in- ternal bleeding. At the inquest Orville and Ken. neth Ronk testified that near the spot where Dr. B They tmvestigated and found a pool of blood. Also asteel-jacketed bullets imbedded in the pavement. Also a hat, blood-stained. ‘The hat was Russell, Dr. Brumfield threw the bo@y of NM into the and started for the scene of the “accident, It wae at that moment precisely that things began to bappen. Tt was as if mischievious and fun-loy ling imps were determined to upset the well-laid plan of Dr, Brumfield |who, sitting on the substitute corpge, went roaring back to town oe Story No, 3 of This Remar. able Series Will Be Printed Saturday, HERE’S MORE ABOUT BIRTH STARTS ON PAGE ONE of islands niready heavily overpop lulated, there can be no solution other than Jupanese territorial «x | pansion at the expense of other | nations, 1 that will eventually | ljead to another war,” Dr, Ritter] stated, “War ts largely result of economic pressure, but war is the most idiotic and uneconomic solutton possible, Birth” control and limitation of population will remove the necessity of wars + by removing economic pressure brought on by excess popula tions. It is the first logical step toward disarmament.” The American Association for the Advancement of Science will prob ably take up with President Hard ing the possibility of holding such a conference, Dr, Ritter indicated The proposal may possibly be made by Dr, George &. Hale, chairman of the international relations oom. mittee of the third national re search oouncll, Dr. Ritter indicated Experts have ‘figured that in 1492 there were 846,000 Indians in the ter. ritory covered by the United States, The Panama canal produced more tolls last year Previous to this disclosure arsenic | was found tn the bodies of Mr, and | SEATTLE HOME, PARK DEATH MYSTERY band, Ived with the Kolmes and Inter became Kolxe’s housekeeper, follow ing the doath of their rewpective mates, ta being beld by authorities for questioning Undertakers state they did not use jarwenio in embalming the three bod. jen, Upon the plea of Kilmer Kolze, son-indlaw of Mra, Demmer, the au thorities have agreed to exhume the bodies of two other members of the family Who were found buried by the | same undertaker to Getermine if ar senio really was used in embalming. HERE’S MORE ABOUT KU KLUX KLAN STARTS ON PAGE ONE intensity. The night of July 17 found Mrs| Johnson sitting on the front porch of the Berry house Three carloads of mon drove up in front of the place and the oo cupants of one car alighted and run swiftly to the porch, They wore masks over their faces and oyen. “We want you,” they tole Mrs. Johnson, “Come with us.” ‘The woman had no chance to pro- | test. The men had tak her by! the wrists and were dragging her towards the cars. A t later she was in the first mAchine and it wan belng driven rapidly into the country. About three miles from town the! cars stopped and thelr occupants tumbled out to the ground. Mra. Johnson was hauled out and saw the masked mon bending over a ot of boiling tar. Some of the men Birrea FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET. 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The Dress pictured, in beaded navy Georgette —$22.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE pair. --THE DOWNSTAIRE STORE Scented Bath Soap 10c Cake HOICE of Geranium, Verbena, Venetian Violet and Corylop- sis in these large round cakes of Armour’s Bath Soap—1@@ each; 3 for 25¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORB it, others etarted tearing her whist | and undergarments off her shoul- dorm, HOW THE MODERN KLANSMEN WORK The woman cried and pleaded with the men, but to no avail, “What have I done? she asked “Why are you doing this?’ “You know why,” wis the best janswer «he got. And they kept tearing at her clothes until she was to wake up everyone tn Tenaha-— and the masked men and their ma- chines disappeared into the night. Tenaha turned out en masse, They found only a woman thera, pitch-/again, B | sell's hat softened the blow so that/ defiled, hair-hacked, crying half-| finally resigned. naked, on the ground, “The Ku Kiux Klan got me,” she & strain of pity asked, “No, it doesn't hurt much,” woman replied dully. “Coal off will take it off, I guess. But look what they did to my hair, I wish they'd have shot me, instead” WHAT THE KLAN A@SOMPLISHED Mrs, Johnson went tack Berry house and she found went at Center for trial. Someone or other made bond for here there and, free upon the street, but a piti- ful thing to look at, the woman faced the question of “what to do.” “1 don" re go back to Tenaha,” sho said. “I can't go anywhere looking this way. I'll go to the poor house. That's the only place left, and maybe I can get a job there.” So that's where Mrs, Reulah John son—the stripped and tarred woman of Tenaha, Tex.—is now, What do “The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” of Tenaha think now? What does the town liself think when it finds fiself sud. denly raised to prominence, but to such unenyviable prominence, when letters condemning it are received by its mayor from peo- ple in far-off states, when it saw a Houston paper (and Houston papers are the Bibles of Tenaha) carry a three-column headline, “The Shame of Texas,” under which people from all over Texas wrote their hate for Tenaha and brutality to a de “The girl wasn't no good,” Tenaha style the majority of Tenehans “she was corruptin’ the little boys—the 12 and 1-year-old boys around town,” LOOKS LIKE “THE BOYS" Ww A LITTLE TOUGH The more responsible citizens of Tenaha reply: “But if two respon- sible Tenaha people had gone to her} and told her to leave town, she'd! © gotten out on the first train.” We reckon she would, at that,” the defenders of Tenaha erime an swer, “Tt looks as tho therklan boys was a little rough.” No one can be found In Tenaha who denies that the Ku Klux Klan, standing primarily, as its sponsors say, “to protect the honor of the fair daughters of the Southland,” and nding also, a Col, William J, Simmons, the “imperial wizard,” says at his Atlanta, Ga, headquart “(o strengthen and uphold the mi esty and supremacy of the law stripped, tarred, and slashed the hair) of Mra, Beulah Johnson, a white woman, eee TOMORROW: In Dallas, heart of Klandom; the “Black K. K how the Dallas klan whipped an ex-service man, snd that grammar ia about! prison cht New Calf Shoes Pave the Way for School Days $3.00 and $3.50 / IR Misses and Children, Tan and Gun-metal Calf Shoes, in lace style—on broad-toe lasts—sizes 814 to 11, $3.00 pair; 1114 to 2, $3.50. Little Boys’ Tan Lace Shoes, with heavy soles and broad toes, sizes 10 to 1314, $3.50 pair. Little Boys’ Brown Canvas Lace Shoes, with rubber soles, sizes 11 to 1, $1.45 pair. Children’s Tan and Smoke Calf Barefoot Sandals, with sturdy oak leather soles, sizes 6 to 8, $1.65 pair; 814 to 11, $1.75; 1114 to 2, $1.95. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Cans, $2.75 § pictured, substantial Ash Can of heavy galvanized fron, with sides corrugated for extra strength. Made with fitover cover and raised bot- tom, and measuring 18 inches in diameter and 26 inches high. Special $2.75. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Chateau Thierry Is Waving Grain Field ELLENSBURG, Aug. 5.—Chateau ‘Thierry battlefield ts now a mans of waving grain, according to Willis Ames, overseas veteran, who réturn- ed this week {rom a twomonths’ tour of Europe, “At Yprea, on the old Belgian front,” he mid today, “the grain sown this spring is stunted, but a few inches hich. That is where the Germans flooded the land with salt apd water. “The 12,000 Yanks tm the army of Still Sees Hope in Ship Board W: WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—-' shipping board “wreck” can, careful work and patianes, be 7 HERE’S MORE HAGEN STARTS ON PAGE ONE cost us, Chairman Lasker formed the house of a holdup gang. begged Too many Trunks and Leather Goods at “The Cheasty Store”—must make room for the opening of our New Cheasty Junior Shop about which we are going to tell you in a few days ; New shipment of “Hartmann” Wardrobe Trunks just arrived, and we must get immediate action. New $45.00 “Hartmann” Wardrobes. . New $57.50 “Hartmann” Wardrobes. New $50.00 “Hartmann” Wardrobes. New $69.00 “Hartmann” Wardrobes. New $75.00 “Hartmann” Wardrobes. (Sale prices include the tax) 29% Discount off prices of all Suit Cases, Bags, etc. See Show Window display-— an early selection is most desirable, cq! speedy. He returned to work end_ a few days later, single handed, cap- tured the notorious “Bothel gang’ of bank robbers. Again he was arrested on bribery charges, A year later he quit the, force, turned bootiegeer, arti, | quite his friends, “went wild.” He kne whe was tp bad with the federal prohibition men and delight: | ‘ed in it. He knew that they followed him about, and he would go on a ‘wild goose chase just for the tun of | leading them on. He would travel about the city for the joy of seein; them follow him. He was a model policeman except for his wild ways. | He was the best worker on the| force, his superior officers frequent ly declared. His wife and his elderly mother visited him reeently in the prison and came back to report they had re f , they said, not only a model prisoner but a member of the | ch. Both are working} le. towards bis Prepare to Invite iy to 1925 Exposition’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Preat: | dent Harding on bis return from | Lancaster, N, BL, is expected to sign | bill authorizing issuance of invita- tions to a world exposition at Port- land, Ore, in 1925, The bill has passed congress and will be sent to thé White Houge with. | in a few days Ernest 8, Mill, stock salesman for the Northern Fishing & Transporta- tion Co,, was arrested Thursday on a charge of fraud, Hill ts sald to have promised Mrs. Hulda Aspenberg that he would find permanent work in [his company for her husband if she |would buy # certain amount of stock, \Mrs. Aspenbtrg bought $200 worth of stock, it is alleged, and the prom- | ise was never kept, NEW YORK—Frank Cafaro, 12, blown to bits, and his two brothers hurt when they hammer stray) bomb found in quarantine grounds,