The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 27, 1922, Page 1

nnn nning .* Ses ' eel hw wheat. tre ty raven > run men: is and eee it == “VOLUME 24. Maximum, 53. “NO. 53. WEATHER Tonight, showers ; moderate southwesterly toinds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Today noon, 50. LLL LDL ALDARA Friday, fair; ew 43. <=, ve ast " 1 ae It is a clear issue. TN. ces solely to ex) sinister reactionar who has no recor — Or, A man who is known (from 12 years’ service as state senator representing the University district) for 100 per cent honesty, for intelligence, for pro- Seattle is going to elect next Tuesday, either— An advertising dentist who for many years has engaged in campaigns and run for numerous of fi- loit his name and his ness; aman who has professed publicly red socialism; a man who today, in agile of all past radicalism, is supported by a choice selection of legislative lobbyists and vote-buyers and by every influence in Seattle; a man of public service, but only a » record of talk—violent, inconsistent talk. (EDITORIAL) gressiveness, ALL THE PEOPLE. talk, no public service. rivate busi- { OWN private business thru a belief in achievement, of service. SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922. for an earnest desire to SERVE Dr. Brown has just this record: Much public Much exploitation of his public talk. Dan Landon has the best 12 years’ record of any state senator The Star knows always against extravagance and for kee taxes down, for every bill in the public wollane against every crooked scheme. about. He voted ing His is a record of If the peoplé of Seattle elect him mayor, as The Star is confident they will do, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING. (ome Brow ) THOUSANDS Howdy, folks! Wouldn't this be pin? H Wonder if. Dr. E. J. Bro@n, mayor gy candidate, will have that = drown in hi Wednesday mornin; The new Victoria-Anacortes ferry dedicated yesterday. More than P86 Seatticites made the return trip. © It was what might be called a full beatioad. . “King of Utah Aska Probe of Pal mer's Acts."—Headline. | And some Scandinavian American bank depositors wish to know if King Of Utah is related to Duke of Liquida- Apr Dusiness showers bring dry cleaners Proposed airplane line will make ft fousible to take a drink of Bcoteh in 4 » the morning and be Seattle In the afternoon. eee us the Eskimo, Pie In the mail please rush up“s mop? the mun who used to go lap up $20 worth of high ih doesn't have to hold on Anyw f out class to his seat on the Owl car and listen to some high school boy who has wrapped himself around a nickel's ; farm lands are being inundated to-| Worth of beer grab off all the pub- | eity by acting drunk | see % - * | This is Be Kind to Dumb Ani It's a good idea le the taxpayers. — * |Suspect Held in SHOOTS WOMAN, | THEN HIMSELF” Three Shot in Mysterious Melee in South SACRAMENTO, April 27.—Mro. Pay Linguist, 30, is dead: Harry Wil- Mama, 5, is dying. and Wittiarn set| fries, brother of Mrs. Linguist, ts erit- leally wounded as the result of a leayeteriogs shooting in Rroderiek, | opposite Sacramento, last night Wiltiama, who ts dying at the coun-} y hoepita! from a self-inflicted bul-| | hae wound, is said to have become! crazed lawt night at the home of Mrs. | Linguist, where he fe a roomer. En-/ Lost in Texas) Wreck Area | Sear ‘che team et Simlasar selina | he shot Jeffries in the neck and hand. NEW ORLEANS, Aprii 21.—Ten | Jeffries fled trom the house and sum- | thousand people are homeleas and) MON*d police aid | Williams then entered the room of 200 to 76. on he 000 scree of valuable! stem, Linquist and fired three shots into her betty, killing her instantly He finally retired to his own room and turned the revolver on himself, No hope is held for his recovery | CHOOSING JURY | IN MINE TRIAL! ARE FLEEING FLOOD HAVOC ae on Wild Rampage; 58 Are day, an the result of a 400-foot cre vaase in the Miatmipp! river levee at Poydras, 10 miles below this city. The waters are sweeping an area five miles wide in a straight line for | Lake Borgne, 20 miles distant. Thousands of refugees, according | to reports reaching here, are fleeing | fo Shell Beach, on Lake Borgne, where bouts are waiting. | CHARLESTOWN, W. Va. April DALLAS, Texas, April. 27.—with se witty oven oftictale ant @ te eight bodies recovered. persgus | Cele of the United Mine Workers o Arferica in Went Virginia were listed today by the prosecution in the trea missing and close to 56,000 homeless in North Central Texas, flood waters were receding in most parts of the state today. ‘The property damage will proba Teach $3,000,000. The greatest loss in property damage was at Fort Worth where the damage will total more | cat than $1,000,000. | cane of William Flood Waters Hit ven Several Villages ntributors to the “min fn the march on Lo son trials as ex ers’ war fund” The lint was in answer to the de i of the defense for an amplift of the bill of particulars In the Blizzard, one of the miners The answer admitted that the prow ecution been unable to furnish th exactitude the names of offi fon claimed to be involved of every VICKSBURG, Miss, April 27 in raising the war fund. HM Js of families were abandon | frawing of a fury started today. ing their homes in North Louisiana at today, following the Mississippi river | levee break at Ferriday, La, accord’ Nick Carter, Author, t Takes His Own Life NEW YORK Flood wate ve already struck ages. several sma 7 April 2 ‘eds of thousand Just as he dur ing his life with his Nick tective stories, so also does Frederick ssjunsid He 2 wes tak pe Poulsbo Robbery vii ‘hecnsueier Dey today puzzle his on of New York recently. We're) BREMERTON, April Brought | friends tn his death , New spody besides bandits |here from Oakland, Cal, “Madison Tecan stand the gaff no longer, av y Sises MeNulty is 1 held in the I'm going o 4 phe n connection with the! ‘That m <0 wan written by the Next week ts Clean Up Week. | Poul tanhiery Giron ‘monte | ereatce of, the thmens Sie © We predict that it will be cele |ago, in yhich $11,000 was # rong oes Langs brated by Dan Landon, McNulty rreste! some time nd . here, 08 auto . . on suspicion of having ‘een im a} by his wide an who speak# 10 | pitfated in the Sequim bank robbe # are unable to explain the cried a wommetf| but was later releawed. He is alle as they claim Dey’s finan oe, UUEIL EEL eave a tang poison vedere personal affairs were in the : happiest condition and his health was VOLSTEAD MATHEMATICS Two pints, one quart, Two quarts, one fight, One fight, two cops, Two cops, one judge, One judge, thirty days. “It Summer Comes"—we'll simply | retary Urges Federal Rule have to take ‘em off. oe HE mone bed A DEMOCRAT! * way sirupe and man @ragoca of a Q. What's the difference between | lq 4 hooch? A. If you live, it’s liquor. He had a ring around his eve 4 as it could be. 9 thra a knot aid he. y officer who was appoint- t of © of Los Angeles re- ed be his expert (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Ke | good Strikebreaker Is of Wireless Phones WASHINGTON, April 27.—Recom Beaten in Portland mendation providing for virtual fed. eral control of all wireless telephones| PORTLAND, Ore. April n the country were presented to Sec. Striking longshoremen drew se of Coramerce Hoover today blood in the dock strike here te ‘The recommendations, which are| When six union men attacked, beat to be submitted to congress, provide | 4nd robbed J. M. Robinson, a strike. for distribution of wave lengths, cre breaker, near the east end of the members under cretary Hoover | cording to Robinson's statement to ws ‘ ver | the police. and full government authority over Robinson was treated for severe vernmegt radio phones. set ; — ti A squad of police disp ched . e scene of the alleged affray waa Sacramento Police Santis Gr ueavanend eny of lair Join Ku Klux Klan? son's assailants, : Penis mgr eri as urteres Former President of France Is Ill an tr rumors that a yloyes belong to number ¢ : the Ku Kiux Klan, newly organized]! PARIS, April 27.—Former Presi here dent Deschanel of France was ot According to reports, several ed to be critically i with grip; a bers of the police and fire de to be suffering from congestion of! ments have joined the secret order, | the lungs, And they will be getting what they want—an honest, intelligent administration, — MEMBERSHIP Tr N UNCO ‘Prosecutor's Men Busy at Work on} in! List Seized Official Raid. BY FRANK BARTHOLOMEW LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Devel- opments in the Ku Klux Klan invests gation came thick and fast today as District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool wine and his staff examined the doo ument files taken in a raid on the office of William 8. Coburn, grand goblin of the realm that includes five Western states Release for publication of the names of klanemen found on the seized liste was expected shortly. PROMINENT MEN ARE INCLUDED Names of prominent men tn bos | ness and official life were included. J. R. Dorsey, district attorney of Bakersfield, arrived here today and went immediately to Wootwine's of. ne for the roater of the . which was taken Among the papers examined today authorities were price lists alia worn by mem. by local for the wierd re bers of the Ku Klux Kian. For plain white klansmen‘s rob: in charged. For ited cycléps robe the price i The list of strange titles of kian officers, found in the xhow a consistent leaning toward the K," which figures so conspie in the name of the organiza the ex tter Some of the titles are “Kiokard,” | Kluge,” “Kligraph,” “Klabee,” and ‘Kiad Nathan A. Baker, kleagle of the Los Angeles klan, was sum- moned to the district attorney's office again today, He failed to appear yesterday. Baker is to be questioned tn regard to the klan’s alleged prticipation tn the Inglewood raid, for the tregic re sults of which a coroner's jury placed (Turn to Page 7, Column 2 MONTH-END CLEARANCES Many of Seattle's stores feature clearances at the month end, in which they close out cer- tain lines -of merchan- dise, in many cases at | remarkable price reduc- tior Several of these events are listed in The Star advertising columns today. Look them over carefully. It will be very mych to the ad- vantage of your pocket- book. = documents, | THE STAR IS ELECTED SEATTLE’S MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER BY 15,000 PLURALITY "MRS. PLUMLEY PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER! On the Issue of Americanism There Can ‘Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Batered as Second Class Matter May 6, 1999, at the Postoffice ot Seattian Wash. under the Act of Congress March §, 1870. Per Year, by Mail, §5 to 00 Dan Landon, aspirant for job of mayor of Seattle, with long, unbroken record for honesty in puble service. This is the story of Dr. E. J. Brown, nominee for Seattle's | mayor, and of his singular and | astonishing rise to fame out of @ misty past. | _ It is taken not merely from Dr. Brown's own statements. Much of this story comes from | the files and records of our | criminal courts, law enforcement bodies and the United States se cret service. Time after time Dr. Brown has been arrested, accused, tried, found guilty and fined for persistent viola pion of the law }° He hae cost the state, city, county and nation, for investigation and prosecution, many thousands of dol. lars SUBJECT FOR SECRET A NTS Notortou a “wobbly” orator and soap-boxer, ator and leader of ts, he has been th radical elem subject of numerous reports of secret agents of the government before during and after the war. For months, during the most crit! cai time in our recent history, the| radical leaders with whom he asso- | clated and the “red” meetings that | he and they addressed were under constant espionage. } Vet, today, as a nominee for he has mustered about him not only the red radical ele | ment, his friends of old, but as 6 a crew of reactionary polit- jeal pirates as ever scuttled a ship of state, and a considerable following of people of excellent repute as law-abiding, peace-lov- | ing citizens. It was 20 years ago that Dr, Brown, then in his 20's, came to Se. | attle with credentials to show he was ja Missourl-made lawyer and dentist | and with a gift of oratory such as | few men possessed He speedily became a familiar fig- Story of Doc Brown Who Would Be Mayor jure on the streets, standing on vis |Chameiaion © | PRACTICED DENTISTRY | ness, | he was being ‘ Photo by Price & Carter, Star Btaft Photographers | LANDES RALLY ENTHUSIASTIC Reaches High soap box, haranguing passersby in Point With Luncheon behalf of the I. W. W. | The soapbox orators’ Gaily| xtrs. Henry Landes’ campaign for brushes with the police, the arrests | council reached its high point Thurs- of scores of radicals and the final | day with an enthusiastic raily lunch- breaking up of their campaign of ‘free speech” are remembered well | t by ol4-time residents here. Brown was one of their most fiery young speakers eon at the Washington Annex, at- led by Landes workers from every section of the city The rally, over which Mrs. R. Weeks presided, opened with a Bie the flag and the singing of} “America.” Mra. J. J. Lea spoke on “Women| and Mora! Responst and Mrs. WITHOUT LICENSE Dr. Brown had ideas of his own about how dentistry should be car ried on, and, in spite of the law, with-| W. F. Griswold on he Vote in Ac out a license, he started to practice, | tion.” Mra. 8. J. Lombard with a Late in 1903 he was arrest i | talk on “Telegraph, Telephone, Tele- | chi with a crime in con n| Woman, the Story of the Precinct, with this pract He left the st introduced eight precinct leaders, who | and went back to Missouri, leaving | made two-minute addresses, Featured among the precinct lead ers were Mrs. C. W. Smith, who had | a 100 per cent organization, with al captain in every single block in her | precinct, and Mrs, James Matthew who phoned at least once, ometimes three times, to every voter In her precinct. Other two-minute speakers were: bail of $500 to Insure his reappear. | ance. He returned in 1904. The case against him was dismissed. He was again arrested, and for several ye fought every attempt of the state dental board to compel him to reog nize the law and obey it. | When fined, he refused to pay. At last. in September 1906 | Mrs, Elizabeth Mullen, Mrs. Archie poate ped oer ire sheriff to lock | Bonnar, Mrs. D. Presto, Mrs. Eva wn up until he paid a fine of |0dfrey, Mrs, Hartwell and Mrs. M $900 and.cests. Hie paid, sa cap followed by an address 5 Come to Stay?” and Mrs. Henry quired by law, was denied a license to practice and declared he would put} the state dental board out of busi-| Landes brought the rally to a close with a talk on “Civic Ideals,” He rained the old “wobbly” ery that |Narcotic Suspect ‘persecuted, not prose-| Held i in Vancouver cuted,” but failed to get anywhere | with it, and, realizing finally the fu-| VANCOUVER, B. C., April 27.— tility of constant law-breaking, took) Ray Cook, indicted in Portland yes another examination, which passed, in Tacoma, in 1918 As late as 1918, however, he was! ives and held for the Portland police, ‘eued by @ patient, Hans Hansen,| Seattle White Cross society secre whom a jury awarded damages! operatives found the man in a loca (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) | cafe Tuesday night. he} terday on a narcotic charge, was ar-| rested here last night by city detect. | f oe ORCHARD, April 27—. Displaying remarkable self-com for a woman who upon twe occasions swooned im S332 il j fi ‘ x 3 “i t i i i i F i : 3 ! H i rt i E 2 E i Fh § if f U i rE t # i l But little difficulty was in choosing the jury, which c of seven men and five women, finally selected. A crowd that overflowed French's courtroom in the Ki county courthouse craned thetr as Mra. Plumiey was led in by Suty Sheriff A. D. Corliss and |P. A. Conely, jail matron. fendant walkel with eyes do | and sank into a seat beside her |torney, Charies H. Miller, of jand her brother, Carl Marts. Miller announced that | sisted Prosecutor Greenwood in @i» |amining the jurors. “The case the «tate Intends to” prove.” Prosecutor Greenwood said, jin his opening statement, “is sube stantially as follows: The Plumleys were married in May, 1920, and made their home at Charleston, Early im this present year they planned to separate, Hugh Fiumley was brought to Cushman hospital, Tacoma, for a eniggemg for wounds received overs He had a $1,000 life insurance | policy with the Yoearen. This had lapsed. In March the defendant paid | up this Insurance without tne knowl: ledge of her husband. } “On the afternoon of March 29, | the date of the murder, she paid | cash on a $2,000 hfe insurance policy for her husband and a (Turn to Page 7, Column 6) »| TELL EXPENSE OF ELECTION Mrs. Kathryn Miracle paid out $459 for expenses in the primary cam. ~ |paign, according to her statement |filed with the city clerk Thursday, E. L. Blaine, another successful punctlmanic candidate, declared that he spent only “sundry sums for gaso- jline,” while William Hickman -Moore deposed that his only expense, bee side the filing fee, was $19 for cards, } /Dan Landon Going Into West Seattle Dan Landon and a party of up. | porters will make a whirlwind came, |paign in West Seattle tonight, They'll be at a meeting in the Cone gregational church, Hill st. and Calis fornia ave. | 4441 California aye., | Alki Point pavilion at the speakers, in additio: will be Frank Hammond, Todd, Judge W. A. Gilmore William T. Laude, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO MEET HERE IN 1925 Knights Templar, assembled at New Orleans, have chosen Seattle for the 1925 convention, according to a telegram received Wednesday morning by Joseph Mayer from. John Rex Thompson, one of the delegates from this city, at 8; at Carpenters’ hall, and the at 9