The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 8

Seattle Star The Shall It Be Klan or King? Oklahoma today is ifronted with two evils, (The Ki » Klux Klan faster upon a great portion of thé: state’s legislative and judicial machinery. Faced with what was Wbviously a serious problem, a power-drunk governor brushed aside normal recourse to civil procedune and imposed upon the innocent and guilty alike the severe restraints of martial rule The Klan, perhaps, offers nothing to commend Nt to thoughtful men. But it is a doubtful service Governor Walton renders when he undertakes to fight the Klan) in the manner he has chosen. He says he has proclaimed martial law in order to prove that the law is supreme, forgetting, apparently, that mi\i- tary rale is mere reversion to primitive exercise of arbi- trary power—this it is, in fact, the negation of all law Others say the governor's course is guided by a desire to protect his own political fortunes. In any case, it is to be hoped that this attempt to stamp out an alleged lawjess body thru the abandonment of legal procedure will not give new life and spirit to the powers of darkness. Just that danger now threatens. co Ku self Senator “Jim” Watson, of Indiana, insists 187,000 republicans in Minne Sota elected Senator Magnus Johnson by staying away from the polls OF course, for publ nat least, it would be difficult to convince Watson that if these 187,000 enthusiastic republicans had gone to the polls, Johnson's majority would have been incre: Woman of 96 won « beauty contest at ‘Turi, Haly worth a darn around home. Now she won't be Providence, R. 1., woman shot the wrong man hot an act of Providence. which, however, was } © That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition Than & bounty —Seneca Anything can happen now. A movie star got a divorce and kept it from the public a year. 4 The rumor that Dempsey offered to pay our national debt is untrue. Pity the poor German schoolboy, with his teacher's marks so low Summer, it seems, dies from a long fall Doing a Good Job As reports continue to come from the United States coal commission on the results of its investigations, the justi- fication for the Borah bill creating it becomes clearer and clearer. The latest report is that dealing with labor relations im the Eastern soft coal fields. It contains 37 recom- Mendations, many of then’ sound on their face, others Whose wisdom can only be determined by careful con- sideration. But the important thing is that these reports give con- S a real basis for a study of a big and complicated prob- and that was the purpose behind the creation of the commission. The chuntry cannot go on indefinitely drift- ‘ing from crisis to crisis in the matter of its essential fuel. Basic ‘principles must be agreed upon whereby speedy ‘adjustment of differences between operators and miners an be reached in the future. | ‘The established fact that opposites do attract may be why poor girls "like to have rich husbands. a ‘A good shimmy dancer has the advantage of being able to rock the baby to sleep standing up. _ Tuere are sermons in stones, and a large stone in a ring gives a girl the right to preach. i er marry a woman who throws her money away as fast as she makes it. Detroit girl of 17 had two husbands, both her own. Whose Votes Are They, Anyhow? day, Washington dfspatches indicate, some Practiced politician walks into the White House a&d deliv- ers his home state to President Coolidge. As he walks out, feeling very rectitudinous, he tells the eager newspaper boys what he has done. The newspaper boys, keeping tally ‘ever since Senator Moses dumped the whole New England delegation on Coolidge’s desk, are about ready to call the lis closed and Coolidge elected. Whether Washington’s votes have been thus handed over ‘The Star cannot say, but we notice that Governor Hart is on his way to the capitol, so presume they soon will be, at least. ‘But there arises an Ohio republican editor to protest. “He asserts that those Ohio politicians who have cheer- | fully added Ohio's 24 electoral votes to the Coolidge col- ‘lection overlooked the little matter of asking the Ohio joters for permission. If Ohio gives its vote to Coolidge, he says, it will be after the people of the state have decided they want him, and that nobody can deliver their votes Save the people themselves. In the meantime, says the editor, President Coolidge will have to demonstrate, How bolshevik! _ Wire says gold has been found in Alaska, but it may have been a tourist with his mouth open. Estimates place our cuss words around 4,000. Learn them all. They will keep you warm this winter. Ten-cent bread‘is equivalent to $1.75 wheat. Wheat is below a dollar. Only farmers know it. Hobo coliege is after the Bok peace prize. io handeuff brakemen. ‘Once they said, “Oh, this is so sudden,” but now they say, “Oh, yes.” The Judge and Perfection In his recent speech before the American Bar associa- tion Chief Justice Taft described the attributes that should ‘characterize a judge. He soared high, we'll say. Only the perfect man is eligible, the substance of his urging— e man of rounded intelligence and absolute rectitude. | It is evident that, in the view of Judge Taft, we have _ made a large number of very egregious mistakes in select- ‘ing our judges, past and present. What is more, if The ‘Star knows politics, we are likely to continue blithely on our erring way. Perfect men are not numerous, and per- et lawyers are even more scarce, Besides, it does not follow that a man of rectitude will make a good judge or ‘even that a man of intelligence and knowledge will serve ‘Well. Rectitude too often is accompanied by intolerance “and narrowness of vision, while intelligence is frequently ' known to be willing partner to unscrupulousness, : | Judge Taft has sounded a dulcet note that appeals to the / ear, but not to common sense. He talked of beings that are not and likely never will be, | Pittsburg man was fined for whipping # hippopotamus, He should have whipped an auto instead, Girl eloped with a one-armed chauffeur in New York. We fail to see how she enjoyed such a ride. © Movie actor wax hurt falling off » horse, Perhaps he was Imitating the Priner of Wales, Be very careful while inheriting a fortune, A Vavis ragpicker did it Sand dropped dend. Bet their answer will be , STAR One ‘More Du mi ny King BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS st, the day worst to | nd days be me at nigh ¢ ditching B-V-D's LETTER FROM V RIDGE pS oe ie Se’ PLANS September 21, 192% that brings advice that Summer's of ice, And Autumn the skies are getting t, and te y dinner seat, I find {SCIENCE Combats Mosquitos. Fern Insect’s Enemy. Covers Water. Propagates Easily. Brodklyn ‘ca too naked aye, but has the little plant been used and Jt Arthu very) yy the pimropas px alwut jrayes says “Visitors who came taqthe garden to see the heaths and bloom near termi ‘ the brook last week werse cur about the dark red mat ‘of plants which covers over the atirface of the pool, that in phices the water is entirely hidden. “If one examines this nfat close }ly, he finds that it ts ecqmposed }of thousands of tiny plmats, all growing on the surface jot lwater, dark red on thelr’. edges, fading to a greenish shade \ut the | center, and so ciose together)\as to s0 the | woven fal beautiful w linjana, with [be seen with the \so constructed and arranged hat | they enclose little bubbles of \air Jand thus keep the plant afloat, \ts Jupper surface being quite dry. “All these countless hosts dimin. up the brook, for altho this oak can reproduce by spores like it cousins, it commonly resorts to | much easier method of self-multipil |cation—simply the separation of a |small piece from the parent, which |then grows to normal size and re- j Deats the process when the water is agitated, Jsmall offshoots break Jeasily from their parents jonward to set up new hi of their own, As one passes up jthe brook he finds it edged the | whole distance, aa far as the wil- |iows, with a crimson border of these water fern colonies, inter spersed frequently with clusters of |the graceful arrowhead, with ita delicate white flowers and curious barb-shaped leaves “It ts an interesting fact that because Azolla can multiply so rap .dly, and cover so completely any quiet water surfa it has been utilized in German and Panama jfor preventing the propagation of | mosquitos—a method which recom: mends itself to the esthete as far better than the vulgar coating of oil." leaves’ too small) t naked eye, but On windy days HERE’S MORE ABOUT SEEK PAIR STARTS ON PAGE 1 to contain liquor, They were rec ognized and emerged without mak ing any arrests. As they stepped to the sidewalk, a car containing four men drew up to the curb and two of the men sprang out, fol lowed shortly after by the other two. ‘They surrounded slugged him into unconsciousness. Ax he dropped toe thé pavement one of the men fired, the bullet striking the agent in the back In the excitement that followed, the two men who are believed to have done the slugging and shoot ing escaped in the walting car, The remaining two, H. H, Smith and Elmer Todd, were immediately ar. rested, The arrest of the other two is expected to follow shortly, inas much fy the agents are said to have recognized the fleeing pair. SLUG BANKER; STEAL $8,000 FRESNO, Cal, Sept, 21, After beating into insensibility the cashier of the First National Bank of Tran quility, a small town 16 miles from here, yesterday afternoon, two mask ed und heavily armed bandita robbed the safe of the bank of $4,000 In cawh and negotiable securities and eseuped in a waiting atitomobile, Two ponwen from Mudora und ree: Mooring and plants were born furtha@ry! jc ‘| SHERIFF RIEDA’S OLLIES ere always kissing back war 6 this night in J ha full moon making tho © emergency brake. tooth HERE'S MORE ABOUT MYSTERY STARTS ON PAGE 1 whisky ashore, Holton, who claimed to be an eye witness of the death of the two, told {his wtory to Sheriff Matt Starwich late Thursday after the sheritt and Deputy Coroner H. B. Kennedy had finhed the bodies from the bay and transported them to the morgue in| Seattle. According to Holton the two ar rived in the speed boat about 10:30 Pp. m., Tuesday man, whose name was not revealed, were waiting with an automobile to liquor to Seattle, he The two men, both of whom their transport the aid. had been drinking, anchored the bay and brought one load hore. It was . Holton sald, STORY oF The two booze runners then re-| turned to the speed boat amret Ann-L. 92 Suddenly from the black h enshrouded the bay, a was heard, and heavy Then it became silent Waiting until daylight when the tide’ receded Holton and known companion saw the bodies of the two drowned men, with the |casem of whisky | them, laying on the bowwm of the bay Vrhey gathered up thw whisky and fied to Seattle. This* story ts pted as the most logical explanation by ‘Sheriff | Starwich} and Deputy Coroner Ken: |nedy, who heard the confession |An examination of the bodies re | vealed no marks of any kind that would indicate violence, the cor. oner’s office reported Friday. | CHIEF WOULD LIKE |TO HAVEXAN INQUEST | The facew of the two men were | obliterated by crabs, sea guile and | but\ptheir bodies were his un crows, marked "It doen dts seem natural that « man would gattier in a few cases of whisky and le his brother's body ja victim of th the chief said “If Holton ha the bodi ithe two asho |death, his sto {ib “But he did nat report the accel dent until the boddes had been found |36 hours later.” | Severyns declarAl that the death occurred outside of, his Jurisdiction, jbut that he would! proceed on the |theory that the mym in Seattle, and if they are a c jhe will turn them ower to the sher |\ft's office The b turned oy dertaking establishment\ by Coroner W. H. Corsdn Friday, \ No inquest will be held, ers may bi of the tyvo men were from an inquest,” Kenndey sald. "There w er witnesses than the brother, A, M and the unknown man whove iden. tity has not been revented,” he would like to he declared an inquest should he eon ducted Into the death of the two, bery reached here, ‘The cashier, 1 Mr, Potts, wan not severely injure when he was beaten over the head with rvolver butts, and will recover, it Is announced due to the fact that the nearest tel ephone js four miles from the town, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 The Ounce of Prevention— a Cure for Worry NE of our safe deposit boxes is a sure remedy for worry over valuable papers, heirlooms and jewelry. They are readily accessible and convenient, abso- lutely safe, and the cost is, like the ounce of pre- vention, much less than the pound of cure—a little more than a penny a day. Spain's prestige needed p and Gen, Berenguer, in in Me , it wan He did dalile « up command he led a ump and cut thi Weyler, command Americ fn ble for disanter, around the king t of rivera the not | poor ‘orocco ¢ t crowd abe eo king—a Holton and anothe scattered around nm reported their | would sound plaus | r to the ButYerworth un. | Holton, whose story we now haye, | Chief of Police Severyns waM that | r the foatimony | of Holton on the witness stand, and |no countles took up the trail ofthe | bandita ag soon ax news of the rob. | News of the roba| hery waw delayed in reaching hered all over a real He ‘onal king, may re popularity, ast shred of his power SECOND _AVENUE at COLUMBIA |Miner Killed in Lodging Flames) Big: Booze Supply BUTTE, Mont, Sept 21 Mike | ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 31.—Be et ad time miner, was burned '0ltween 400 and 700 barrels of bonded wore sleeping in the ntructure. had | *°'ak%-worth: $200,000 at boot! when a fire de prices, has been stolen from t 4 \Jack Dante} distillery here, federal miners’ rooming house | vay |revenue agents announced today |after seizing the distillery and warehouse. Burglars Steal yed vercome by smoke as of the window. h-| ing for him in the smoke and fla clothing, leaped 20 feet to the ground | Some of the roomers, clad in night| and were injured. SPECIAL—THIS WEEK The Past Three Months In World History The vacation season, including the summer months of June, July, and August, has been anything but a vacation season for ) r the world at large. Vast changes have come which seem to presage events of even wider importance in the near future. A big feature in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week, September 22d, consists of a resume of the news of the world during the past three months. he pé It will be especially valuable for those who -have been out of touch with important events during the vacation. season. The subjects covered are: Reparations and the Ruhr; Russia and Ireland on the Way to Peace; Disarmament Treaty Signed; Further The Greco-Italian Imbroglio; President Har | Wages and the Twelve-Hour Day; Progress Toward World Peace; Typhoons, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes; ding’s Final Tour; The Progress of Prohibition; Payments on Our Foreign Debts; Aviation Goes. Forward. Under each heading is a concise, well-written review of. the subject, bringing it up-to-date. Other Important News-Features: What Women Have Done With the Vote Many mere men, to say nothing of the women, will be enlightened and interested in the summing up of the results as shown in this article. Good and Evil From the Earthquake __ For weeks we have heard of the vast destruction in Japan. Out of the havoe is emerging a more optimistic feeling and plans are under way for a bigger and better Japan. What People Think of the Doctors The result of an inquiry by a member of the Chicago Medical Society. The Hard Part of the Hard Coal Settlement Now that the strike is settled, temporarily at least, the public anxiously looks forward to see how much it is going to cost it in the way of increased prices for coal. 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