The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1922, Page 1

PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAVE ELECTED THE STAR THEIR FAVORITE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER — BY 15,000 PLURALITY PPL PP LLLP PPL LP PL LPP PPP PPP PPP DR. BRUMFIELD HANGS SELF! WEATHER night and Thursday, fair; moderate southwesterly Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 75. 53 Today noon, Batered Hecond Class Matter May #, 1899, at the Postoffies at Beattie, b, Under the Act of Congress March 8, 1679, Per Year, by Mall $6 to #9 TWO | CENTS IN SEATTLE RRR RN PRR PRR PRR RPS PPPS PPAR RDP RPP On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise WwW ASH., WE DN SDAY, A ‘SE PTEMBE ol 13, 1922. ATTL | Woanen Soon to Face Trial Poindexter Wins in “Hammer Murder” Case 3 BOT L0 ‘Latest Vote 40,000 LEAD Figures for IS VICTOR BY Lity, County| TS CLAIMED | | STOLVOTES <=") BY SENATOR DNewberry’s Friend sve ae arly Fifty Per Nominated f Or) °"scrnes court supers Vote Credited to Mrs. Phillips . Silent as Day : ——— f Reckoni ofReckoine MURDERER S| the grip of Stone Age passions will be presented in testir yin | Judge F. W. Houner’s court | here, September 18, when the so called = “hammer-slaying” case i opens, according to the ease as | | outlined by the district attorney's | X ‘Roseburg Dentist, ut of 438 preci s in _ ing in Michigan Is ie scclistis oak ot it'o me) COBt “of Entire a (Six. Yoar rm) ° U.S. Senator © puters Incumbent office. tigerish Results of primary elections im eight -tates yesterday being tabuleted. Nation-wide attention was fo- cused on the results of the where Massachusetts jenry Cabot jatesman, was renominated as the republican candidate for the United States senate with « plu rality of at least 72,000, a three te one lead. a u In Michigan, Charies E. Townsend, |.) friend and supporter of Newberry leven - Lane Bake SUPREME COURT JUDGES | (Two-Year Term) oy 6.643 mberton oe 1B154 Three hund nety-nine pre ts (including Se ° city com jr ote) out of 438 In King county give CONGRESSIONAL District) § nominated asx a republican can- | te for the United States senate, | Moore surprise was sprung in the Cole |C®s*y . Be clectine otonf Wilts =| CONGRESSIONAL et. a miltionaire indorsed by la-| Becond District) and nonpartisan }eague voters, |Crisue i the democratic gubernatorial | Hadley 47! Turner nation by an unexpectedly large Sinacies were also held in South} KING COUNTY OFFICES lina, Arizona, Verment and; Three hundred and ninety-nine pre- Miles Poindexter won the re nomination for United States senate by a plurality of from 30, 008 to 40,000, according to esti mates made Wednesday by How ard the senator's seeretary who bs bh fe of Poindexter headquarters here. Returns giving of the total lead of 12 tnely oximately half ote give Poindexter a 0. Thix vote, however ee King county, where Col ¢ Lamping bad his strongest Vote, no Rice believes that the re maining give « much per cent w larger proportion to the senator. vote was extremely than 200,000 votes were cast In the republican prt mary—only about two-thirds of the vote of two years ago. This inck of interest was ascribed by Rice to the general feeling that | the election waa a cut-anddried af. fair—that Poindexter was sure of t The deliberate hunt torture and mutilatto with a spectator for helpless terror and exulting fury—it Is against such ace s that Mrs. Clara Phillips must defend herself, She is charged with having killed | Mrs. Alberta Meadows year-old | widow, with a bammer, becaus: of | fancied rivalry for her husband's ove. Matching the singular savagery of | the crime is the amazing poise of the | 28-year-old former stage beauty, who has been dubbed he woman with ce her arrest tim ice-cold heart.” during flight and her formal plea | of “not guilty” she has not uttered . dozen words, despite the most cun- ning traps of officials and inter viewers. ‘ Will she talk, as she has in- \imated, at the trial? And what will she say against tire expected revoit- ing testimony of Mra. Peggy Caffee, Doomed to Hang, Cheats Gallows by Ending Life SALEM, Sept. 13.—Dr. Rich- ard M. Brumfield, awaiting death sentence in the state penitentiary here, cheated the gallows by ing himself in his jail cell shortly before noon today, In some unknown manner Brumfield secured possession of about « foot of rope, with which he con ltted suicide, Brumfield was convicted of the murder of Dennis Russell, near Roseburg, Ore., over a year ago. He mutilated the body of the vietim and changed clothes, pre- sumably with the intention of han wiana. These were not viewed | cincts of King county ee Sontantion, da’ éaaonat of the Cases her former stage friend, who dectares political observers aa tmportan’ ‘ p Tway split of the opposition, Had | she Wagan unwilling spectator of the) gigi, 6 Opposition ad uding the ineustiesl & national point of view, Ferguson $3 sent there pean anylbelier frat Polndexter | | rt ‘on w lonely rond near here} Fontes with whom he cari =e jeCleverty 4a Meant could be beaten, Rive Is of the opin ~ ” ec | July 12? ™" Pa | Figures im the Loe Angeles “hammer saying” case, Mra. Clara Phillips, charged with the slaying (center) insurance policies. ; oy, Graton | nee «+5 8.733 |ton that his plurality would have isn tre upper left a A. L. Phillips, her husband. Lower left ta Genora Tremaine, sigter of thé slain woman, and| On these questions speculate the tie ane canted Gs era renominated Senator Henry | CLERK been thousands highe: pp , ’ 4 courtroom “fans” as they prepare to ok es int the prtimaries yeater: | o - / orchapeed to be called as a witness. Mrs. Alberta Meadows, the victim, upper right. Middle right is Mra. Pegoy ve Canada, after a hunt lasting sev- Lodge i Prag saa ta nee | Grant (unopposed. | The vote, a» estimated at Poinde®. | who ia sald to have told police she was'an eyewitness to the slaying, Lower right ts Judge Frederick| scramble for seats to see a pretty! eral months, By by a plurality of at least 72, | ASSESSOR {ter headquarters, will be something r whom Mra. Phillipe will be tried woman on trial for murder, dics E Col, William A. Gene. be, - niin ; e235 tGLé 17.491 | Hike this j ee SNWRITTI LAW" Nea with Sherman 1. Whipple O° | eevee, ; siea, Polndexter BARRED BY FACTS b= soni seecniao jor fiat 5.338 poem . ’ ; The unwritten law apparently has on hen : aire PAGES FROM MRS. MEADOWS’ DIARY ee ea Br. Gov. Channing B. Cox was renom (hiclte TREASURER iesie Mrs. Axtell . : gossip, under which Mrs. Phillips is Ponted over is republican opponent. | Pcs - wo ves loaeg Stevenson Tittle The names of a half dozen men weave in and out of the diary kept by Mra, Alberta Meadows, victim in || charged with having acted, was with nee, Ceneres 2, Woes AN deer... 6.3291, Th? Poindexter workers will now || tho “hammer saying.” out foundation in the linking of the Py More than seven to one. : take a fow days’ rest im preparation Joame Meadows, the husband, killed in a train accident a year ago, is mentioned several times with yearning. |) Meadow with nour I. Seniesa’ Returns $57 election,precincts | Vilas 689 ¢ t t . he hu y ae ie . feadows girl Arn from ction . s 3 for what they frankly admit is the The name “Phillipe,” presumed to be the man whose wife is charged with killing Mrs. Meadows, occurs but dapper ‘Texan off man.{ Of 1,133 from 246 ont of 365 cities | CORONER pbasitae=«thale iiabalam Kquinat Vines eatunes ocmeaont [Phillips “dapper ‘Texan ou. m"-|Report Unions Okeh Treaty - Turn to Page 2, Column 2) Yara ae pyr mer. Conaressman C. C. Dill, of |] There is also a mysterious “Dick.” question often heard, It is believed | With 35 Roads Bs aa aan | Gerhart +e 5 Spokane. who won the democrati A pases 4 April 22 read that it will, | Wiihelmy pina 7,844 nomination for senator. Rice is con Mian and Gen Mra. Meadows’ sister) went to Mt. Wlison for aster. I wefit to church and to Mc- gion ji 7. k SHERIFF fident, however. He potnts out that |] giroy's for dinner fixed a lovely table. Met Mr. Phillips. Wentito show with Lucas. Went to movies vie oes ed adap ge 7 BY CHARLES R. LYNCH 3 Warren aeF 8 Poindexter opposition will be! jast night with Lilllan. G sornewhere tonight. Sure hate to stay home first advised his wife to flee and CHICAGO, Sept. 13—The pol- Hodge ........ 7 plit up in the finals just os it was May 30—Teok wild flowers to Jesse's grave. 1 could hardly stand there and wee his name engraved in that then pep anstyNat ee ta toy coleman of the shopmen's Starwich .... 24,104! Tuesday's primary, as Dill will | piace. Still I'm g d I had it done, Dick hasn't phoned for two days I wonder if he’s out of town. He oon fies bine Mr oe ne Be ad union has accepted the “Balth ENGINEER jBave to div with his vote with rtainly puzzion me, Every time I see him he acts differently. I cannot quite understand his actions and || jute Pro! y cag more peace plan,” by which | ' Heenan 4 a3 )2'mmy, Duncan, the farmertabor || yet 1 feel sorry for him in a way here seems to be so many mismated couples in the world. ordNegd is o to ea pe orenn about 15 per cent of the 400,000 j ’ Hymes 195 |/ROMiInee. June 16—Went to MeEiroy’s last ni@pt and Dick was there. Oh, what a sad disappointment. He isn’t what doubt as to the valuo of his ar men who struck on July 1 will Here’s Daddy of ’Em 4 Congressman John F. Miller . hitte oe til) shin ence. He has strenuously deni return to work on certain roads, eres y SCHOOL St PERINTEN DED T It "7 to be. I'm certainly glad I awakened while the sun was still shining that there i y reason for the United Pi reliably . a seems to have nosed out Phit June A year ago Jense and I were xitting on our front porch wondering where we would be today. 1 mat there wae any Is ress was, bly in- All . j— Burrows (unopposed) | Tindall for the republican con. rg ead now. All I desire ix to took back and dream over memories, never to be forgotten Clara's Jealousy. formed today. Pa Whooza Dumbbell PROSECUTING ATTORNEY gressional nomination in the “tl: tonight. with Gilbert. Don't’expect to have a good time. Last night Lucas came District’ Attorney Thomas Lee Announcement of the action : Douglas 020! First district. His final lead is s beth arty pekt Saterday Woolwine intends to conduct the} taken by the policy committee sSahbiane $.222| expected to be something over ee prosecution in person, Both sides} will be made at union headquar- COMMISSIONER (First District) 5,600 —enough to win really admit the trial will be short, probably | ters at 6 p. m. par sat) *Mough, but a little too close for |not more than a week. The state| ‘The vote on the proposition, ac- Gaines e * eeae | conrfort | | willl rely for conviétion mainly upon j cording to information given by one no ncaa de sim Si 3243, Other congressmen apparently ‘ . | the testimony of Mrs. Caffee, it 1s be: |of the 90 members of the committee nc pigrectss 2749 were renomir with leas sity SK lieved who attended the meeting, was 45 to ; “ay I y H. Hadley In the Second According to the story Mrs. Caffes |35 in favor of acceptance of the plan COMMISSIONER (Second District) | gistrict, Albert Johnson in the Third FIEND SUSPECT ‘BOY, 1, cas js said to haye told police, she was |to make Individual settlements with Paul with Clara tle day previous. They |the various roads, Hussey The judicial election ts the Hallock 749) closest fight in the entire pri- E 14 WOMAN FLORCED to 34 in favor of acceptance. fone 172) mary and tas not yet been det | Another Man Escapes Fire Second Death of Week in| Accused Girl Says She May | the union, han staied thet it the nitely decided, Fullerton, Mack , ‘ 9 infos Parke «1 \° | iF ted = thi } REGULARS WIN into and Parker were ending | of Olympia Posse | Auto Accidents | _-Say Something Later BY A LADIES") seria sin Pa Whooza Dumbbell | ‘ & handful of votes behind for the Suspected of being responsible While playing tag tn the | “aang <awe semaethiedl Ae ahe five day: | | i om ‘ district, John W. Summers in the | ‘ | | ; ones tptttteeeees Fourth and Stanley Webster in the cs rage 2, Col 4 |: Aoeenen comeraltren: foeenner aa MeVerlanic ...... ....00.c00+. 1,686 tieth | (lara to Fees 2, Oommen © |tary Butler of the local Gary shop e ° . . ® aan 1 1 crafts union, stated the vote was 46 sheyear term ba fen v4 ; : About 35 roads are included in | William H. Pemberton haw a fairly| for the brutal attack on seven street at Rainier ave, and Orcas | fet at oe een not falc} eI the settlement. Among: the lines t he 1 ny cal r} " $o many dumbbells in Seattle comfortable lead over Chester R.| persona in the O'Hara home near st. Tuesday night, -year-old J vitaes 4 {Feminine Terrorists Attack! mentioned are the St. Paul, that we can’t print all their say OL ja last week, aon 1 was | This was the only statement that i :, 4 ; pi Tovey tor the twoxyear term | Olympia 5 | aegmke “Sasi, skal wt) ae ae Lice : Northwestern, B. & 0., Southern, ings. Just the best, Here goes. | ur ss held in the city jail here Wed | 7 . jClama Skarin would make for the Texas Mother Seaboard and many minor roads. “*. | | nesday on an open charge while Danz, of the HMofius | public Wednesday | These roads constitute about. is Two-fifty-seven submits the g in With Prosecuting Attorney \Carl Gray Denies detectives were investigating his | Steel & uipment € of 7540 She was continuing her confer-! porn wORTH, Tex. Sept. 13.—|Per cent of the total mileage affected Bis office who thinks | Malcolm Douglass and Sheriff | Talk of New Job. ‘ent. Hixon ave., was struck by a | Chees with the prosecuting attorney | a.4 «Ladios of the Invisible Bye” en- | by the strike Magnolia Beach fs Rex Beach's sts-| Matt Starwich leading the field, | a fhe man, when arrested at truck and fatally crushed. The | “22 Teutenant of Detectives Wil-| trea the Southwest today as an or-| With this nucleus on which t ter complete returns from 399 pre- | OMAHA, Neb, Sept. 1%—Carl| Vernon place and Ballard ave. . }liam B, Kent. These talks will) C0 ion of terror . | wort: the shopmen's éngenin: tania Highland drive was a Scotch oper cinets in King county tabulated | Gray, president of the Union Pac by Patrolman F, W. Speir Ia boy died a few hours later in the | probably continue for several more | “Mrs, I C. Tatum, 45, was spirited |expected to proceed with negotia. lation in the war. Wednesday by County Auditor’ | raiiro: today positively denied) quyesday, was under the Influ- Providence hospital. “His oath "| days from her home during the night and | tions. with other railroads, in an ef- | Portland t~ where port wine comes| 1D. KE. Ferguson, showed that sev. |rumors that he was to be appointed) ence of a powerful opiate, it Is | Is the second of the week's auto | For the present Miss Skarin is! severely flogged by the “ladies,” ac- | fort to bring about a nationwide set- trom eral present ‘offic st of the Canadian National Speir says the suspect fatalities, making the total of | being kept at the city jail, where, cording to reports to officials, She | tlement, such ag resulted in the coal The 42-story L. C. Smith building renominated in j ve heard nothing of it,” Gray vd a published description auto deaths 31 for the year, sh she is being “treated roy-| was in a serious condition tooday | Strike after the first separate agree- than 42 stories, | primaries, {said “I have no intention of leaving | o¢ the fiend. } Wik Kerber ) 26th ave, N.,j ally." from 100 lashes from a quirt, which | ment was reached, Edgar Battle wag fought in France.| Do was credited with 26,020 |the Union Pacific.” | ‘Thurston county officials have [driver of the truck, told Coroner W As soon as the prosecution con- | were administered by coversithe —_ A suitcase is tried in court | votes, with Starwich next with been notified to come to Seattle |H. Corson that his machine was | cludes its investigation of her ecse|o¢ the Ladies of the Invisible Eye, ‘OM de siathiaed 104 and attempt to identify Powers. Nh eling at a slow rate of speed) she will be removed to the cour according to a communication to a P #| County Auditor n, in the A nplete descript of the |when t playing t ran Into] jail on Profanity hill new 4 r nt (we are), 670% 29 r ’ t fell unde whee ph O. B. Lenient ( are), 6708 9 precincts, received 19,611 votes, RIGHT IN man was wired to them Wed his auto and ; under th heels . County authorities investigating WITH TURKS? ave. N. W., writes in | | while Norman M und Phe diay Rgerer soon, the be ee Acne » |the flogging said a group of local "DON u a 4 to!He was not blamed by the police for | VLA 1 y } ae LONDON, Sept. 13—A com y sought to ut the ce ar w rl iM. MeClevert bridge was | | t for second Rive ‘suppiet ‘wae Teen chureh women recently | promise settlement with the Turks rly Wednesday a |the tragedy | BE ENT ~ sy : t é n wo other accident. of » eimila 4 4 E NCE Det tee eet’ Mevear-eld) win be: attempted by the allies to from one of the} In another Petts sapere 4 S 4 4 JD daughter surrendered to the courts, | m |caption, B. A. Davies, 67, a watch | avert war over the possession of COWEN PARK ny one of Seattle's realtors | have escaped ¢ e with 8,806 and 8,733, respe t by Gen. Goetha tively . splendid buy in a very || fusillade of bull arching # County Clerk Georg Grant, un the Olympia coun With the receipt by County Clerk | on the grounds she was not receiving | Constantinople, according to views cee comfy home pONBeEN 4 x , T “ shed + | $i ; opposed. Sheriff Matt Stawich and his;mMan at Pier waa crushed by al ooo. Gra » remitt ». | proper attentio a he (eine Rene Try anette oa ware called and the |mail truck Near the dock entrance ryt ange: 9 oe cdg ser Pills. ‘Tatum told officers ahe’ was {*%adiplomatic quarters today if du yell is who can't i wd | teil ite! 9S he and por y fa y ht The ue ng James Mahoney appeal to the yah a eee | Carveeen The follo’ g terms se | ; mee H. Corson was indicated in his A WARREN BLUE RIBBON logs wet on the trail of the fleeing |""4 P fatally hurt. The truck | iio supreme court, the legal ma, {called from her home by four women, |. 7ne_fouowine: terme los sottlomea Pes toll of 18,381 votes. Dr. Sylves on was driven by W. Anderson, 939 i.| Ste supreme court, the legal ma: | rin trevmed her that her daughter 27, being considered by, the. alles i por jambs are m <a | ter Withelmy registered second, OWEN PARE A mc Jout, bee An emérgency call was flashed to |!lott ave a les was taken to the|’) vite ication tes A gall sn ip Wait iii: knd had eaked: her Yo ootas i* is believed iverpool Pag ’ : mfortable, well arranged 4 Minor hospita > ae o the gallows was —e ep i oratio! drianople a i sre tried in| with 7844, and Dr. Edwin A well built bre Attic cots | Seattle Tuesday night for Sheriff | Minor hosp | speeded up Wednesday. When the automobile in which she | , ee ice rg cerns aia ner eee Bae eee ey we coins oleae || Btarwieh to leave the, county audi) > | Mahoney, ft was announced, will |Tode started in the opposite direction gi EctmmAiioation ct” | eh County Ragineer ‘Thomas Ri Be 18th ave Ne) near clone || tors office, where he was watching | BRITISH SHIE {de brought before Superior Judge J. from where her daughter lived, Mrs. | | Thternationallzation of Constants j # | man easily or tee his oppo high Owners im- || the election returns, and } n to “ Ronald at $:80 a, m. Friday, to| Tatum attempted to sump, but was | MOP/® and the Dardanelles. or aukaaiea ane eee nt, Samuel J, Humes, with 21,233 me ly, and wish to sell, |) Olympia. He went in a fast automo: | AF IRE AT SE A bili a new date set for his hanging, | held by a man companion of the four | — 4 ; sr ate ames ‘ credited with 12 com ly furnished, including rp sbrggr 8 cine . ‘ 4 iS frbivcsae Sects “te » ladies,” she i tion a certain editor ed, | HERMES WAS or " onk duofold, 2 leather senate bile, driven by Deputy Sherife Her: | : terrible ladies,” she said, Soldier Bonus Is ho thinks Seat sa baseball | | 195 vote rockers and dining room net bert Beebe SAN FRANC , Sept. 13,—The| KELSO, — Construction on new} Reaching a spot outside the city, z k and dining r } y B Metub Also unopposed, A Burre white beds, ivory chiftonter, Reports stated that the fiend had | British freighter Roman Prince, en| Kelso bridge started this week by | she was dragged from the automo: | Now efore House n surrounded by one of the nu-jroute from Antwerp to San Fran-|Garrick & Garrick, of Seattle, who | bile, and a woman, dressed inaman's| WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The merous posses that have been seek: | cisco, is afire at sea near Colon,|have sub-contract from the Pacific | overalls, lashed her with a quirt | conference report on the soldier bo: ling him day and night, but that he |Canal zone, according to brief cable| Bridge company. while the other women stood near | nus bill was formally presented in the escaped unscathed thru a running |advices received here today ao a | and lstened stoically to her cries for | house today, and it was decided to T.—David Hart, employe | mercy. postpone action upon it until after dresser, Empress range, rugs, 1) ty¢ curtains, drapes, linoleum, gar # running for superint ived only mon #eho Mixes Ruby Star, 320 Fourth otes, For county treasurer, the turns were; William W. Shields, 1 who thinks | 088: Albert EB. Parish, 10,066; Cla There are many more features fire of shots. | Thie vessel expects to reach Colon gE Cynthia Grey Is a new color |J. Munger, 6,329, and C. B. Vilas,|| to this home. Turn to the claasi- || - | tonight of Everett Logging company on Tu-| Authorities also were searching for | the tariff bill ig passed, Fly yer is used to make kites 689 |] fied section and see who is sell DR, RK. KE. TURNER, who hasbeon| The fire centers in the after hold }lalip r vation, injured under fall-|the woman's husband, who left his| The report probably will be brought i A Jemon drop is an airplane stunt,| Samuel H. Chase, present chief) | ing this little home in the Bast for two months, has re-jof the ve the eablegram sald,Jing tree and taken to Providence | home after calling a neighbor to at-|up on the floor tomorrow ] (urn to Page 2, Column 5) (Turn to Page 2, Column 3) ‘turned, _ but gave no other details, hospital, Will recover, ie tend his wife, said. r % + & V : ‘ a sah ined Oo