The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 31, 1921, Page 1

ener BY goblins will get you Rt You Don't VOLUME 23 | _ | ome Greetings, kids! to run for president. them will run. ae misfortunes told. Gates and thse wilt reaite elt! Using 100 kilowatts a month |. 244 © 4.17 Ne Gl ai And the greater the amount of current used, STEADY: * the worse the com n for Seattle! hibition). ee ‘Tomorryw is the first of the month bills are not the only funny be there. ds . . ¥ = ~ stig os 't hefty at all, GEE GEE, TH’ PRAIRIE VAMP, SEZ Dear Homer: 1 all ALLEN CLATRE Tonight is Halloween Tonight and Twesday, rain; 8 that Halloween goes only once It originated about the time Hee- ‘was a pup. @his was three years the chicken crossed the road seven years before Bryan started Some ghosts will walk, but most _ People will have their fortunes told Tomorrow they will have F But there will be more steady this year than in B. P. (before can't find your flivver, look at Mearest church steeple—it'll the goblin said to the little he good, or the police will get you if you dont watch ” 4 few real spooks will be seen | Editor Sea a Q K who eat too much pumpkin | wives. McNulty O'Trigger famed for her wonderful figger ; | ers in this city who are hurting it to- waist was quite small— q Never say “Ain't it hell.” _ Ain't is bad grammar. brew in Seattle were arrested | sent to the penitentiary, what ||), flivvers are likely to drift from | their moorings. . former years, will be sacred to boyhood—but profane so fur as their daddies are concerned, ‘The deadly tictac will sound its sinister note on plate glass windows; garbage pails will be and the Inside tle girls small boys, well-lighted homes lit: in white sashes and imprisoned by fear Wateh | heaved on mother's back porch; mothers, will “duck for ap- Out! | doorbells wilt ring mysteriously; and try té eateh bobbing cee | windows willy be apples dangling tantalizingly at Halloween this year, as in cabalistic signs, and not a few the end of strings, RRR en fresh to strong southwesterly gate. FORECAST 4 stub noae and buck teeth, In the front windows will hang pumpkin heads, carved into deaths’ heads, and upstairs there Will be a searcity of sheets and pillow slipm . . The ghopt will walk tonight for many a qmall boy, and even . nan ils { ! WA "fi the grownups will celebrate the ant janitors will give spice to ancient festival with spook dances and such-like innotuous pastimes. And while they are celebrating, the daring members of the Coon Hollow gang will swipe the tee cream off the back porch, boyhood's favorite destroying th occupation— things. sudden sallies, But despite r not a few tes will be found hanging to church steeples and many doors will be covered with ik sketohes of skeletons and goblins tomorrow Irate houschelders and vigil On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Watered as Second Class Matter Mey 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattic, Wash..undor the Act of Congress March 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 ; __ SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921. a a! EDITORIAL) “% The Star is today printing a wrathy letter from Si intendent Ross, of city light. *And an indignant reply to Mr. Ross from The Stat reporter whose news story the official criti- Mr. Ross calls the reporter a liar. Theteporter ores the charge but cites facts which raise a question ut Mr. Ross’ own veracity. _ Mr. Ross talks heatedly about “knockers,” classify- ing The Star as one. It is an ancient difference, the ques- tion as to who is and who is not a knocker—whether the real knocker is the man responsible for a bad condition in a community, or he who calls public attention to the bad and tries to bring about a remedy. Let ater tha etait thee hak tahoneath and inf. ti ; formative. Then ask yourself this question : — * to 100 per cent more for their electricity than is the milk in the cocoa- thst Tacoma fs city'a third has all advantage. ! They are based on the experience of ah aver- family in an average-sized five-room house in Tacoma and one similarly situated in Seattle: vay In Tacoma. In Seattle. | 50 kilowatts a month . . .$1.94 $2.82 60 kilowatts a month ... 2.04 3.07 Using 75 kilowatts a month ... 2.19 3.45 Cc : But that Fol beet yi aed moan res who ce electricity for or water heat——and thousands of them do—pay ONE-HALF CENT A KILO- WATT. In Seattle, consumers are charged five times this rate—2'/, cents. _ Will Mr. Ross please write another letter, tell- ing why, this is, and mail copies of it to ail the | \newspa| and his selected list of 50 prominent citizens * * * * * * * * * ROSS’ LETTER TO ST. > ttlé Daily Star, of itd low rites to the home, while 1309 Seventh Ave., Seattle, Wash. | some of its own papers do the knock- Dear Sir; Your yesterday's issue | ing. came out with a red headline, “City One fact alone gives your arti- Light Cost Hits Homes Hard,” then| cle the ie; there is no privately- follows another Headline in black ink,| owned plant in America giving ax and as black as a falsehood could be,| low a residence rate for house which says, “Price for Current Is| lighting as 6c, such as city light Enormous.” This article is by Hal| gives here. As to the cooking Armstrong, and goes on to say elec rate of 244¢, we would welcome a tricity is now a luxury to house-| 20 per cent reduction, and so rec- ommended, but this rate is now | the equal of gas, and we are | sending out ranges at a greater, rate than ever before. The ordinance now before the city council does not in any way contemplate the reduction of the Preyent industrial power schedule | All it is intended to do. is to dispose | of a greater amount of hydro power now going to wasterat Cedar Falls |during the high water season There is now 18,000,000 kilowatt | hours a year #0 lodt at odd times / during the year. Its sale will tend if } Surely we have knockers enough without The Star lending itself to knock its own city. It is the knock- day, and nothing else. ‘The time has come when the peaple of Seattle should pull together, and the time {has come for newspapers to tell the ‘truth, or the vauntéd power of the press will fall to the earth with a | Crash. ) | SAYS ARTICLE | | WAS MADE UP Your reporter made this article up * { =| That City Light Issue Who Fathered Tt Here? Star Wants to Know. To Bring Him to Show. All Expenses Paié. | dustry in Washington? Who is the father of the fruit in- | ‘The Star wants to know—because | It proposes to bring him to Beattie |for the Pacific Northwest Fruit ex: | poxition, which fe to be held at the Bell St. termina) from November 21 to 26. for the great Washington has deserves etermine who has the In order to o fruit industry it will be necessary to hold « contest. Quite possibly the next best thing and find the man to whom the title deseended by rea- son of the fact that, of all living resi- dents of the state, he was the first to engage in commercial frultgrow- ing here. The rules of the contest are sim- ple, If you are a pioneer fruit: | grower, or, if you happen to know one whom you think might be en- titled to the prize, just drop # line to The Star, enclosing 4 photograph of your nominee, together with a|Will of the chief executives and not brief history of hia life. Be sure, of |to fuct or reason. course, to give the date of his entry into the business. It will be necessary to close the contest November 15 in order to make the necessary prepara- tions to bring the winner here, and no nominations received after that date will be consid- ered. So don't delay in sending in your fhomination. The gather of the stat fruit industey has a right to seo the fruit show, and The Star is willing to pay his experines. All you have to do is find the'man, FATHER SLAYS Wife Is Shot and in Serious Condition ELIZABETH, tin Smith, school teacher, shot ‘his wife, 5-year-old ‘child and then killed | to reduce other rates’ later. The ordinance stipulates that such sale | is for off-peak hours ending at 4:30 p. m,, «0 that current can be sold | (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) | * * *% tout of whole cloth, without amy con- [sultation with this office to find out who drink | the facts, Strarige to say, there are la number of papers outside this city at are boosting Seattle on account * tent do you think would it de-/ | our fair city? A. STILL. | regi ben A Sit ‘ ¥. | 7 [es wen “eters —-ARMSTRONG’S ANSWER , who has lockjaw.” } | n of * H. BREW. (Mr. J. D. Ross. power of the press, of which I know Me More than %,000,000 cigars are | rellow of the American Institute of | nothing, but “if it has power, the | “they're | will ger | One of Haze: . n J. Titus’ airplane that is light enough j see How that the civil servic About to announce the city employes will Fetired, it is marvelous MUST BE is « Contrib. isa“ r than; building. ‘We cee are. _& rdute to Seattle from Manila thé Christmas trade, but not the kind that hubbie to be carried to President Harding | It is not every fruit Krow younger day by day. "7 AK BEEK er’ in the Lumber |the people should pull together. we Meh’ that beer acted the other | housewives should pull together for! S Bulls Are Bolder,” says a head in the financial section press should unquestionably use it | for the benefit of the people—for ene | |thing to get as low electric rates as | possible. / ‘You say my article was made up} out of whole cloth without any con- | sultation with your office to find out | |the facts: | Now we are getting down to the meat of the nut. You prob- | ably are ungware. that. I went to | your office thrice, and you were | out. 1 was told on my first visit | that you would be in shortly, I You say there are knockers enough. walted an hour or #0, then left. notice that Quite true. The time has come when! The second time (this was about 1, 10 o'clock of a morning) you always agree with you there, especially the; hadn't reached the office yet. I was informed you would prob- lower electric rates, ably be in sometime during the You say newspapers should tell the} day, and did got walt. The third truth. Newspapers should, and, as} thme, I regret to say, you were far ax it is humanly possible, The] reported ill Star does. You speak of the vaunted (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) Electrical Engineers, |Superintendent of Lighting, City of Seattle, Member Board of Public Works, | Seattle, Washington fruit cakes uty Dear Sir: Your splendid letter regarding my larticle in last Friday's Star has been lread by me. I am grievously pained, | sir, at being called a liar. But Jf you! omnieaten | ii Have ft 0, may T not take <ha| omatically |liberty to suggest that perhaps we, wateh the are both Wars? Let us see to fly, | | | You bet himself in the Smith home, near here | today Police could uncover no motive for } the shooting. ‘The child, shot thru the head, died instantly. Smith lingered until he was taken to a hospital, but died before making a statement, The wife is in a serious condition in the same hospital. Murder Suspect Ie Held in California SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct, 31!\—f, Hernandeze, wanted in Portland, Ore., on @ murder charge, was ar. rested here Sunday morning on the ’ | suspicion that he was the man who {attacked Frank Pardi with a knife | here some time ago. The police report that Hernandeze also is Wanted in Stockton and Se: attle on robbery and assault charges. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct, 31; An injunction temporarily restraining the collection, of union dues by the check-off system in the coal industry was granted by Federal Judge A. B. Anderson here today The check-off is the means ,by which the mine operators collect dues from the miners’ pay cheeks for the union, . The man who laid thé foundation industry in whieh attained J, Oct, 31.—-Mar. | best claim to the title of father of the declared: the other class of disabled veterans—the actual “father” im dead. and if such | rnancially disabled. ia the case, The Star will have to an | EMERY SCORES { } | | |feartessiy toward congress as our BRUMFIELD WILL HANG FRIDAY THE | | Pardons Noted Killer. Also Frees Bandits.’ Lets Out Unworthy. Merciless to Stagg. - { i ] 4 } upon a parole for “True- dierg during the last year, and then “Our great fight now is for an-| SENATE verse industrial conditions have hit ex-serviee men harder than any other class,” Emery said. He scored the in turning down pensation. bill, ; “President Harding Was wette seat Concrete, by the antic ita,” tured, tried, conyicted and. sent to declared. “The senate, in acting wats Walla for life, At least, ho unfavorably on the bill, bowed to the dead. The third lay slough for ftenction| much of the ii Pea usted ‘finally crawled out and reported the episode to the authorities. Hopkins was surrow in the iq the ‘tite. | He was called “True’Love” be-| “I bave new and important evi- In sounding the Legion attitude sc on the back of the four/ dence which | believe will greatly aid and declaring the fight for. the wal | the dy |e ptt a Di would be carried on, Emery called upon the Legionnaires to “act as (Turn to Last Page, Colum’ 4) | Can You Guess? Thomas Nelson, whose shows a term in Walla Walla, two terms in San Quentin and one in Felsom prison, had been out (Tarn to Last Page, Column 2) To Fores Hapsburgs to Renounce Claims PARIS, Oct, decided jo demand that the entire Hapsburg family relinquish its claims to the Hungarian throne, it was learned here.this afternoon. This decision followed the reported dispatch,.to Budapest of an ulti matum “requiring former Emperor Karl, whose most recent attempt to ‘| regain the throne failed, to sign a per- manent abdication. Women Prisoners DUBLIN, Oct, 31.—Sealing a high wall by means of a rope ladder, four women prisoners today effected a sensational escape from Mount Joy prison, The report of the escape was hailed with 2 in Sinn Fein circles, be- cause the women had been sentenced to the British military prison for long terms PUYALLUP PULLET UNCROWNED QUEEN OF ALL CHICKENDOM PUYALLUP, Oct. 31.—She did itt HO is she? This W girl who has writ- ten her innermost secrets for readers of The Star? Is.she your screen favorite? She has told her story of the studios fully, free- ly, frankly. Only she has used another name than her own—May Scott. But can you identify her? Can you penetrate her in- cognito? First installment in The Star next Thursday. By laying an egg yesterday, a chicken at the Western Wash- ington experiment station here ceased to be merely “Merriman pullet No, 75" and became the Babe Ruth of-chickendom. It was the 23th egg she had laid singe November 1. 1920~ which is Just one more egg than any other hen in the country has ever produced in a year, And she still has a day; to go, fas the year isn’t up till tomer, row. " ve, Be—The “allies have | cnartes 1, Kebsteln, criminal lawyer, on whose admission to practice in California state courts Judge Sidney Escape Irish Jail The Star goes into 11,727 more homes every day than any other Seattle newspaper (these figures taken from October 1, 1921, sworn postal statements) And out the ann has given i warning against wilful destruction of property, de claring that boys can be boy but that they better not go fur will be or the iron hand of the invoked and violators punished to the full extent of the mn such caves made and pro: urthermore, the police force | will be greatly enlarged to- night,” the chief of police says, “and my men will be all over | town looking for «mall boys who | break windows or steal g | Where's Homer Brew ) bull? Burch Will | Face Trial Accused of Murdering Man in Love Tragedy (Arthur C. Burch i w LO8 ANGELES, Oct. C. Burch, arrived murder of John Belton Kennedy. |train, 4 Jobn J. Sullivan, the Prominent Séattle criminal lawyer, recont | WhO has been added to the counsel |for-young Burch. ' ar Says He Would Free |permited to represent her, lynne Obenchain will not be a prison: er in 48. hours fom now.” Reeve will decide today. Tomorrow [)f Father Comes to Aid Son 31.—Rev. William, A. Burch, father of Arthur in Los Angeles from Chicago and Evanston, Ill., to- for several days |day, on the eve of his son's trial for time unconscious, | alleged complicity in the sensational “I have been devoting my time to an investigation at Eyanston, where je Was cap-)my son, Arthur, attended Northwest- ern university with Kennedy and Madalynne Obenchain,” the Chicago, lwas sentenced to stay there for| minister said, ashe stepped from the! | Rey, Burch hurried from the depot |to the offices of Defense Attorneys {Paul Schenck, Richard Kittrelle and latter a Obenchain Woman; LOS ANGELES, Oct, 31—“IfTam|in a yaliant effort to retain her Mada- GU Still Protests His Innocence as “Death Sentence Brumfield was convicted of Rus- sell’s murder on Qctober 20, the jury recommending the éxtreme pen- alty. ‘The following day he attempted to commit sulcide by slashing his with @ razor blade, He was Ao’ sentenced October 22, but a delay was granted to allow the convicted” man time to recuperate from. the bungling attempt to beat the hang- man. } Today the convicted man stood be- fore Judge Bingham, still weak, but in his right mid ana fuliy cogni- gant of what was transpiring, ac- cording. to a physician's examina- tion. , The pronouncement of sentence was marked by little emotion on the part of the man,;who had shaken a nation with a heinous crime. “As God is my judge, T don't know how Rossell . met bis death,” was Brumfield’s sole comment. Mrs. Brumfield was present in the court room as her mate was sen: tenced to death. She bit her. lips composure, Her face was deathly si pale. She did not faint. | Attorneys Rice and Orcutt filed This was the assertion today of| motions for » new trial, with mo- tions to set aside the Judgment, but Judge Bingham overruled them. The defense attorneys filed notice of appeal from Judge Bingham's de- Erbstein did not qualiff his state-| cision. They were granted . until ment. January 2, 1922, to prepare the The fact that he had a “legal ace” | transcript, that jearly today. stein’s admission to the Call. District against Ebstein's character | by Jud@e Reeve to the Los Angeles Bar association, which made an in- | vestigation and returned, secret find: | ings, The findings will be dnnounced by | Judge Reeve today. | Rumors were current at the court. ;house today of a recontiliation be | thur C. Bureh, jointly indicted in | connection with the murder of John | Belton Kennedy. }in reserve was indicated by the fact numerous papers were sent | from Erbstein's office to the county | Jail for Mrs. Obenchain’s signature bar has been bitterly opposed Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, who made serious charges and| | record. These charges were referred | | tween Madalynne Obenchain and Ar. Brumfield will be taken to the State penitentiary at Salem tonight, | Sheriff Starmer announced, TWO AIRPLANES FALLIN CRASH Reported jOne Flier Is | Killed SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct, 31.—-Two | navy airplanes crashed over San Diego bay today and fell several hundred feet, it was reported, One navy flier is said to haye been killed. Ambulances were rushed to the scene, | One huntired righ dl, cheery: {faced little orphans are geing to see Mary Pickford at the Coliseum this afternoon, as the guests of The Star. {Of course, you know Mary {s appear. |ing in) “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” | *The children are coming in trom the Ryther home, Washington Chil- drén’s home and from Daddy Drap: er’s Des Moines hotne. 100 Orphans to See | Mary as Star Guests | Automobiles for the kiddies are be ing furnished by the following: Lex ington Co, Pioneer Auto Co., Mo Leod’s barber shop, Mrs, M. W, Me- Caull, Sweet Sixteen shop, L. D. | Lindsley, M. G. Gendrun, Welstield | & Goldberg, West Side Ford agency, D. K. Nyberg, Johnson ‘Taxi Co. J. M ‘ge, C. Wiley, K. W. Sutton and Western Grocery Co. pa a