The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 12

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that there mu: mame clubs. ee et. HOPED HIS DEATH PLOT HAD WORKED Substituted Corpse for His Own, Is Belief; Watched | to See It Buried | This is the fourth of n series of Stories sent expecially to The Star Bealt, whe is at Rowe ting the mysterious well, Richard sorry “By Fred L. Boalt | ROSEBURG, Aug. 8.—I am be gaps in th Dr. Brumfield’s flight, following is, Killing of Dennis Russell, the tute corpse, as I have recon it ‘The crime, you know, occurred on night of July 13, less than three} hours after Dr. Bruntfield, then a/ respected citizens, consumed | of tce cream in’ the FR Kitchen. ‘Biz days inter the doctor was seen, | @ Chevrolet car, driven by , entering Meller’s Swamp, | Rear Crescent. i HE WAIT FOR j N FUNERAL? story There is a theory with it is pleasant to toy, altho I against aking it seriously. | doctor owns a farm as well as) town house. ‘ ‘There is, not far from the farm Rouse, a pleasant knoll. | “ft is there,” he often said, point to the knoll, “that I wish. to} fn death. I do not like the idea being in a cemetery.” Bebind and above the Rnoll is a ly wooded hill We know that Mrs. Rrumfield be- her husband dead. And im-| ly after tle “accident” she} d & casket. But the authorities, suspicions aroused by the dis ince of Rusell and the blund | the doctor, refused to permit} th funeral to proceed | Did Brumfield, hidden in the | above the knoll, wait and the hope to witnessing his i] rce’s harness shop, the amateur detectives fore tourists from .Bend who Dr. Brumfield and the soldier the Chevrolet entertaing Meller’s jP—a dreary waste, a swamp in th at some times of the year, dry as a bone now. It ls a of serub jack pines. | The tourists did not, of course, that the man with the spidier Brumfield. They came on to urg. where they heard the story @ the crime and the man-hunt then organized. "On Friday, the 22nd, three days , Dr. B. R. Shoemaker, of Rose- and his father, the book dealer, riving south from Rend to Lake, caught sae with Dr. are cogs! He was driving a Chevrolet’ bear Zz: license plate. He was alone. 4 he came into possession of the oldie are questions which give rise to sinister speculation. Jowing. A Roseburg pennant was on the windshield of the Shoemaker car. _ Foad, stopped and waited. He want. ed the Shoemakers in front of him. father and son. Said the latter: I have known Dr. Brumfield intimate. ices are in the same building. We belonged to the same crowd and the Mistaken. It was Brumfield we saw “It was nine days after the ‘a heavy beard and had to shave every @ay. Brumfield now had that covered his face down edge of the whiskers. trusting, I suppose, to his disguise. Yet there were nervousness and fear had’ a} “Ihe @ license-applied.for card in lieu olet and what became of the Brumfield saw the Shoemakers fol » Bo Brumfield drew to one side of tt I talked with the Shoemakers, ly for a number of years, Our of Father and I not Mobile accident.’ Brumfield Dlack beard and big yellow “He eat motionless, staring at us in his face. His ieft hand rested on the door, his right arm hung down | and we could not see his right hand. } I do not doubt that it held and that, if we had recognized him he would have shot us.” A little farther on the Shoemakers came to a crossroads and took a road to Chrater lake. They @n acquaintance who was going Morth over the road by which they had come, and they told him of meet ing Brumfield. This man reports that he did not meet Brumfield, nor did Chevrolet car. Where, then, is Brumfield now? (Fifth Brumfield Story Tomorrow) encountered he see a A report that Dr. Brumfield had shipped a box from Myrtle Creek Oregon, to ‘Seattle, July 12, the day before the murder and auto wreck ‘was confirmed today by Captain of Detectives Charles ©. Tennant, who gald the box had been found in Se attle by his agents. The tained a large wmount of woman's Clothing, tlk Ungerie and dress: According to Tennant, it w: turned immediately to Sheriff Sta box a gun} KILLS HIS WIFE. | | been comm 1 con-| What had THE SEATTLE STAR Doctor Tries to See Own Funeral] from Chief Seattle KLY DG MISSIVES FROM A FRI OLd SPIRIT) T or NDLY To AH Swimmers of Seattle Dear Wa Don't joke with a life guard death of somebody, It is kid” the life guard by telling him @ bather is lying under the surfs when two in at Howard Kienle was un water, The guard thought € . were playing “wolf,” but he gated and rescued Howard. You may be in Howard's position some day—so don't kid the guard CHIBF SEATTLE It may mean tho for one is drownln, or th 4 common occurrence small that son © of tt rmed a guard water, 8 small boys be To the City Health Commissioner ar Doc: Js it true that our tourlets’ camping grounds at Wood. ark are insanitary? Albeit, that is the report that I have heard passing thru” ats who have left our city with unkind ¢ the camping grounds! Perhaps you can ti CHIEF SEATTLE um camp? To the Maurice Browne Repertory Players forward with tremendous presentation of Ibwen's “A De House"? I {a going to exceed tn brilllancy even your Ellen Van Volkanburg, I know, of her own wonderful charm and tribute to Seattle if t Rn, oO. ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday CHIE ThE Hail! am looking gust have perfor Do you know that I to your tal A that this play of “The Philand will bring to the role of Nora all intensity, Won't it be a tremendous sign’ is hung up at the Cornish next night Yours for All the Arta, To a Little Girl ina Certain Lunch Room Dear Lady; Haven't you any place to entertain your young man friend other ina \ine lunch room during the to be at work? You have a glorious time, but the customer doesn't, He orders a = sandwich, and he's in a hurry, You stroll to the youth, who is drinking a “coke” at a further back table, to & coquettishly over something very important. Then In perhaps 11 minutes the cus tomer gets a cheese sandwich instead of a sardine, And he's mad and gulps it, wondering how you hold your job. Perhaps, if the boss pee in on those summer evenings and saw the irate customer, the young man, and you—wouldn't hold tt This ts just a tp from CHIGF SEATTLE. To the Life Guard — Dear Friend: Yours may be an irksome job. Tut you have accepted it; you should stick to it. The business of a life guard is Just what the name implies, to guard life. It certainty is not to spoon wit pretty ladies on the beach. By a lucky balr'ebreadth you ew blame for the drowning of a boy. Other boys noticed him tn tir —while you were chatting with the ladies, CHIEF SEATTLE. in an ide nanice or. hours you're supposed To Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Dear See You recommend too much! May I suggest “scratch he repeal of the $2,000 exemption on income taxes. There are a lot ©f guys in this man’s town who are merely tin, by plus war tax on a let of things. And don't you think that « ederal license tax of $10 on all auto owners Is a little heavy? Consider the guy with a flivver, Sec! And why cut down on super-taxee? CHIEF SEATTLE. that you To Northwest Purse Seiners and Fishermen Old Things: State Fish Commissioner Darwin says you're catching too many fish In our waters! In time this saying of “There are more fish In the sea” cannot be used, for, IMerally, it will not be—if you continue'to slaughter ‘em. Lay off ‘em awhile and give ‘em a chance to recuperate and multiply. CHIEF SEATTLE. To House-Hunters Dear Folks: My sympathy! The fellow that started the yarn about houses belng easy to find now either was a propagandist for some sinixter object or else he didn't know much about it. I've tramped my legs off looking for a decent house at a price within reason, and I'm beginning to think there isn't any such thing in this town. I wish somebody would build a few. CHIEF SEATTLE. To Certain Cafeterias Eateries: One thing you do irritates me, I refer to your practice of serving berries on lettuce leaves. When a person puts sugar and cream on the berries, the lettuce doesn't well” with the combt nation. And it's hard to get the berries and cream out with the lettuce leaves in the way. Thirdly, it's a mussy undertaking to pull the leaves out In the first place; the berries are sure to spill on the tablecloth. Why do you do it? Please quit, CHIEF SEATTLE. To Princess Mary ee To the Prince of Wales Dear Edward and Mary: England is wondering whether you will marry royalty or commoners, . Don't worry abeut royalty of birth, When you decide to wed, con- sider royalty of heart, not of ancestry. And you'll be far happler. This ancestor business is fading in popularity very rapidly, anyhow. cper SEATTLE. To the Men With Bald Heads Old Fellows: Cheer up, you shiny tops, and lend an ear. in Connecticut there was a clinic of bald:heads. Severg] hairless vol: unteers were operated on by having hairs sewed into their scalps by aid of of a little patent electric machine which planta them at the rate of five a minute, Hereafter we shall have to conclude that men who are bald are bald by cholce—or possibly because they haven't the wherewithal to have a new crop of hair sewed on them. This cer tainly is a progremive age. To Dr. O. W. Butler Dear “Doc”: You advocated hydrolized sawdust for stock your talk at Tacoma recently to the Northwest lumbermen. It was probably a good idea. I think that many of us have been eating saw- dust for years and didn't know it. Did such a thought ever ur to you when you were munching some of those p: ktast foods? CHIEF SEATTLE. Recently food in \To U. S. Prohibition Agent Lyle: Dear Ray: The old aloons may not be selling licke ker glasses on the lower edge But there ot aang Seattle uppose they or to bathe in are used for, Ray? Root beer and orange CHIEF SEATTLE To Eyes Heavy in the Morning Dear All of Us: There's a bit, of consolation in Mrs. * hoax about the wizard’s four-hoursa-night sleep. I'm 0 get up in the morning when I have to, just as I always did I'm going to laugh with the rest of you because nobody can to make idiots or “good-for-nothings” out of us because we long for an extra wink's sleep. Yours with a hurrah! CHIEF Tom Edison's try SEATTLE. |Emminent Chinese Three eminent Chinese educator will be ved by the Chin y at luncheon at Blanc’s cafe, at noon Tuesday The leader of the party is Dr Chen-Yen, graduate of Yale Cx of Medicine and of 1 ganizer and present he an Robinson, | Yale Medical worker the entert Negro Says He Found Man|. in the Room TACOMA, Aug. 8.--Al 40, co! a re Averpool, 0: colle institutions revolutionizing China Another of the partysis Dr. utiv y of Yale in Chin Another L.. Chang, of Yale and of the Yale pollee | of Forestry, now 1 of the Chines had | gy fforéstration taurant from toda murder among which ar by police here confessed Robinson, follo’ of his wife room ut the ‘I night Rot in their! exec om aturday and informed them ign the hort into the he crime ystem of re According to Robinson, the cdtipl "Think Tacoma Man had come from Seattle Saturday | he out, and upon |} another ne wife. The ro in the fought TACOMA the attic Aug. & of his home with a hulle Club Guests Here) 1 of Hunan prominen Terao, gradu: | [FARCE COMEDY CARRIES KICK Even Blase Find Wilkes | Offering Pleasant BY GLENN HUGHE The first requirement a@ a farce-comedy is that it should cau shiter by other means than t "My Lady Friends,” yesterday at the | Wilkes theatre, lives up to this re quirement, The plot, drawn from a |atory by May Edginton, and drama Used by bmil Nyitray nda Frank | Mandel, is aimple enough for the | most casual mind to grasp, and di | » une verting enough to interest the most binse. The first act reveals a most amuse ing situation, A charming and inno- cent young man, having le a for ltune as a plinher of Bibles, fides to bin bosom companion, a law that at various times he benevolently endowed certain ladies with homes and order that they might enjoy a bit of the “sunshine of life.” He has been driven to this natve philanthropy by his wife, omy com plex and refuses to spend more than a few cents at a time. The inevita | bie has o@@urred, ‘The young ladle |have bece ardent admirers, and thelr youthful benefactor finds him jeelf in a dilemma which thre mvt only to bankrupt him, but worse | ati, to destroy his happy home, | TWO ACTS FILLED WITH ACTION Two acta, filled with action, | necessary to unravel the knot, and }the audien enjoys the process authors have | not made the most of the excel possibilities for comedy sudgested in} the first act, but ‘wy have done as/ well as most playwrights do. ]} Baaily t tatanding merit of the| | production is the acting of Fred Dun jham, who, in the part of James Smith, the juvenile spreader of sun. \ahine, reveals a splendid gift of light |comedy interpretation, Never over | acting, he is the life of the play, and |draws from his lines a maximum of amusement The play does not offer Mies Allee | Elliot a very great opportunity to }display her ability, altho she con vinces one of her complete under standing of the leading feminine role. va Jobna, ts more fortuna part of the young thing who longs for the Joyous moments by the eqashore is ent sulted to ber capabilith | gained much well-deserved applaune. | | TAYLOR FAVORITE (OF AUDIENCE Forrest Taylor again registered fa. | who has an ¢ | are vorably with his audience, In the jrole of Edward Early, the lawyer, he | created a deal of mirth; and tho hi | mannertams wero somewhat ext |werated, he most certainly did not} | low the comic scenes of the play to drag. As his wise and loving wife Vivian Moore did an acceptable piece of acting. . Hilda, the ubiquitous maid, was caricatured by Julla Elmendorf. There appeared no obvious réason | why she should descend to the bot-| j tom rung of low comedy, but thus} jahe did. And the thr trouble mak, | Jers, whose chief interest lay in buy. ing #ilk hose, were portrayed in fair tomiddling fashion by Betty Buskirk, | Dorothy Dunstan and Hate Bus kirk. Jerome Sheldon completed the | qaaty | It is evident that the company tx | beginning to feel at home in thelr| new environment. Yesterday's per-! Ba THE BON Poiret twill, With belts. Trimmed embroidery, cire braid, tunics, overskirts, r silk girdles. with wooden Sizes $3.9 lknown In this city, RGAIN BASEME Straight-line Dresses in navy well tailored and nicely finished. silk elty embroidered braid in colors. IKATZERS WANT DIVORCE AGAIN Husband of Family of 24) Must Pay $10 Monthly The alternating Frank and Agnes Katzer 24 children collectively, vived in Judge Tallman‘s ‘court } The couple were married in 1916—~| Katger, the mother of 11 chil: | and Katzer, the father of 1 that time they have been car ing for the mixed brood under one roof, and «pending spare filing divorce complaints and order. | ing them dropped. } Mra, Katver has alleged at differ: | ent times that Katser ia a miser;) that he has ordered her to make ur i thes out of gunny sacks, and that he has driven her from the house at midnight in her nightie. Kitzer has declared that his wife is quarrelsome and ende humiliate him before the neigh Action in Judge Tallman’s court hax finally resulted in an order quiring Katzer to give his wife allowance of $10 a month, besides paying the househoid billa. %: fam ly is nested once again uf v oné| of of divorce case parent has been re moments | Avors sbor roof at Black Diamond, FEEDER JTS ASK PERMITS 23 jitney drivers under ar t, 16 of whom have been fined and four drivers to be in police court Tuesday morn ing, partial jitney service contin ued Monday Approximately 70 drivers, represented by Attorney R, Crawford, #till ope « Favorable mmendations may be made this week to the city coun cll by Supt, of Pul Utilities, Carl H. Reeves, in granting permits to drivers operating “feeder line” in the Cowen park and districts, These will permit Jit to operate where street car rervice is not given. Two applications have been received by the coun With rult-protected Ww are tee | this purpose, formance moved rapidly, and obtain od its effects with ease and surencss BILL OF VARIETY AT PALACE HIP “Inapiration,” the big feature of the new show opening at Loew's Palace Hip yesterday, ts a blend of c and variety that meets all re @ulrements for ideal summer enter sinment. The star of the little company presenting “Inspiration” is Joyce Lando, a graceful little toe dancer, The young man por |trays the artist pomsemies a baritone voice that is too briefly displayed during the act. A planiate and an other pretty dancer are included in} the company. | Roy Gorton and Nell Healy have a laughable little skit entitled “Wedded Blins.” | “The Hired Man,” as portrayed by Perey Chapman, is @ talented com edian, somewhat averse to labor Feats of magic that baffle the in uiring spectator are featured by} Marco and company | Ruth Renick, an actress well is one of an all star cast seen in the feature photo- | play, “What's a Wite Worth = NT MARCHE Women’s New Wool Dresses —$19.75— 24 Fall Styles in Tricotine and Twill blue tricotine or flaring cuffs and smart or metallic beads, braid, deep fringe, yarn nov- to 44 For Four Styles of Women’s Kid Pumps With Welt Sole ; White Kid Pumps with r with or without toe | white military heels. We Or with single buckles, strap and heel piece. Or straps, toe and heel piece | All These Shoes 0 | Committed Suicide| All-Wool Found dead in| t | perfo white canvas with Goodyear rubber Sizes 3 to 7—Widths AA to C single or double st ions, white soles aps, and strap and black, kid ball heels, two of black patent leather. Have Welt Soles The BonMare STORE HOURS—9 A. M. TO 5:30 P. White Washable Sport Skirts All Marked at Lower Prices! Fine quality White Wash Skirts, well tailored and attractively designed, are divided into two groups and re-marked at two interesting prices. Head, wash The mater are Indian gabardine twill and Lady Fair Satjn. Made with neat belts, trimmed with buttons, All are cut generously full. Skirts Formerly $2.25 to $3.50 Reduced to $1.95 Skirts Formerly $3.95 to $7.50 Reduced to $2.95 THE E A Glimpse at the New Guimpe Waists To wear with the new sleeveless dresses Blouses of batiste and net—so nice for outdoor sports—shopping or busi- ness wear—may also be worn as separate blouses. —Fine quality batiste, sizes 36 to 46, with lay-down collar and cuffs, finished with ruffles—$2.25, —Cream Net Blouses, trimmed with Val. lace, both front and back fast- ening—at $5.00. SECOND FLOOR THE BON MARCHE pockets, SECOND FLOOR ARCHE School Days Are Coming Soon— Start Making Skirts and Dresses Now Wool and Wool-Mixed Fabrics 36-Inch All-Wool Serge 89c 54-Inch Navy Tricotine $2.95 Good quality Storm Serge—a yard Finely-woven Tricotine—in shades of wide, very serviceable and nice for navy only, will make the prettiest school dresses. In blue, brown, navy, kind of dresses or suits. plum, Burgundy, cardinal and myrtle 56-Inch All-Wool Suiting green. ‘ $2.35 36-Inch Wool-Mixed Homespun Suiting, two-tone effects, Plaids 85c finely-mixed colorings, in Oxford Multi-colored School Plaids—service- gray, navy and white, brown and able and pretty, 36 inches wide, in silver, blue and brown, blue and gray, medium and dark colors. blue and green—at a low price. 50-Inch All-Wool Serge 40-Inch Wool-Mixed $1.49 Plaids $1.50 Very satisfactory for hard wear is Strong, fast-clored Plaids in wool-; this Storm Sefwe at $1.49 a yard. mixed materials—extra nice quality’ In shades of navy, wine, plum, taupe —fine for school clothes. and brown. " 54-Inch Navy French a ALVen Serge $2.19 Handsome All-wool Plaids—very fine Exceptional value in French Serge quality of pure wool. Nice color — for $2.19 a yard—54 inches wide, in combinations for making plain or a good shade of navy, for dresses or pleated skirts, skirts. 56-Inch Wool Skirting pie AlWool Nace Plaids $2.45 ; ; Especially nice for the price is this © Homespun Skirting Plaids—soft-color Navy French Serge, 40 inches wide, combinations—very serviceable. and very serviceable. FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD For Gay Little Girls Giaehant Orem at $1 AD Such values in dresses for such a low price— $1.45. So nice to finish out the summer and to start school in. Plain colors, plaids and checks, in apron effect or with vestee and sash, some with organdy. vestees, others trimmed in rick- rack, fluting and contrasting colors, Sizes 6 to 14. DAUGHTER sHOP—SECOND. FLOOR Such Little Prices for Cotton Goods Dress Ginghams 10c 2,500 yards of Dress Ginghams—27 inches wide, in stripes and plain styles, lengths to 20 yards. Scout Percales 15c Fine quality, a yard wide, lengths to 10 yards—good- looking patterns for chil- dren's clothes, dresses or aprons. White Soiesette 25c 80 inches wide, lengths to 7 yards. White Nainsook 15c Soft-finish Nainsook excellent for lingerie and night gowns. Long Cloth at 15c¢ Good quality Long Cloth, soft finish—lengths to 10 yards. FABRIC One Day’s Offerings From the Hundreds of Good Things in Our Complete House- furnishing Section 16-Inch Garbage Cans $2.49 Galvanized Iron Garbage Cans with corrugated sides, raised bottom and fit-over cover—16 inches in diameter. Bissell’s “Standard” Carpet Sweepers with good bristle, re- volving brushes; formerly $4.50, reduced to $3.69, —Bathroom Cabinet, white en- amel, with glass shelves, for $3.98, —Bathroom Mirrors, odds and ends, with white enameled frames—Half Price. FLOOR—THIRD Now for “conomic Bedding Bedspreads at $1.75 For a spotless bed by lay—new Crocheted Bed- 70x80 inches, in seilles patterns, at —‘“Jewel” Bread Mixers, universal style, 4-loaf size —complete with clamp for - fastening to tabk< —Household Scales, will weigh 24 pounds by ounces — formerly $3.25,, J reduced to $2.50. | —Bread Boxes, small size, japanned tin, with round corners and~ ventilated mer, of Roseburg, Ore Bed Sheets at $1.25 Bleached Seamless Bed Sheets—-fine for wear— good quality, e 81x90 inches. ‘ruin sides, at $1.30. ~——Well - made steel Mail Bo and key now 98¢. | Robinson says when he shot, hi the wife The the utur: | committed Auto Robes $3.98 And Both Ends Are Fringed 56x80-inch heavy heather-mixture say they'll mae 0 out the cold! I ahaa | from hi Edward: believed t own rifle in his head, Fred | business man, ts | vuthorities today to have | Memb HOQUIAM.—Ray mae tourist, | #t nt is wearing néw trousers . today. | }°' Trowlers at Moclips beach hotel) only ne stole his pants but left his money Gee, but Boldt's Advertisement, gun. japanned 8 with lock formerly $1.35, Robinson er the was hotel £ gro to ¢€ uicide think the 7 was found on the lost he floor, holding the stopper of a bottie| failure of the half filled with moonshine whisky, ‘ican bank here of the} shooting accidental. | the recent ! Scandinavian-Amer | family Edwards Robes — we'll FLOOR in Bread is good! UNION § i ch il ial ~ PT ENN BARREN AER a

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