The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 22, 1925, Page 1

Racing at Poughkeepsie Today! Watch DECLARES HIMSELF KELSO'S M SLAIN EDITOR’S WIFE FLEES IN ! | WEATHER Generally ferately warm ton slay Light northwest winds. Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 83 Minimum, 51 4 Today noon, 58 The ‘Newspaper With the Biggest. Circulation in Washington - The seattleStar © Bntered as Be May 3, 5.00 eG ~ SEATTLE, TWO CEN = OF GUN! Man Partially Identi- fies It as One He .Once Owned ELSO, June 22.—The first important clue to the mysterious murder of Editor Thomas Dovery, of Kelso, last Friday night, was uncoy- ered Monday morning when foir and w ight ther 99, at the WASH, Postoffios at Beattie, Wash, by Mall, 1879. » under the Act of Congress March 4. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 19: * VOL. 27. NO. 100. Howdy, folks! Come on, Wash- a West ington. identified by man. ’ | The Weste:s Tnlon urges rowing fans to telegraph good wishes-to the} crew. Why not have the oarsmen | Prosecutor Quinn that ' wear headphones and broadcast our owned such a gun several } congratulations? years ago and that he traded eee it to a second party whom, he understood, traded it to a third person, All names in ¢ Head- “Crew to Us ing New Sheli.”— Lil Gee Gee wants to know why they use this particular brand of ection with the | episode are being in confi- hd dence by the prosec jon't know why they Iake 8S. Ma 3 gisky men to pr gist, has been called Evinrude only costs $150 county authorities S08 inquiry into the shooting e| FIRST PICTURES BY Dovery was shot and killed hil n TELEGRAPH! day night as he was rett e' home from a secret p 7 ng planned to start < campaign.” — Frie J political murder.” After a rk Studebaker and county missioners G. N. Campbell, Holbrook and Howard Huntington, | Sunday evening, May took charge | of the old style 41 calibre revolyer, \found 20 feet from the body and started a technical examination of its bullets and the one taken from j the body near Dovery’s heart. He was to ask the widow to permit before the body is re he old home at for burial com Dick RAINIER VALLEY LOSES SUIT 10 FORCE PAVING Railway Need Not Pave Be- The University of rere erew carrying thelr shell to the riv er bank at Poughkeepsie. Of course, this doesn't look like a shell and the men don't’ look like oarsmen, but please remember this photograph surviving daughter today an autop: ed to onsin Barron | May 1s working with the co-oper : was forwarded from Poughkeepsie tween Tracks, Ruling Jation’ of Deputy! Prosecutor . Quinn, 4 yy mental telepathy and rushed to - in charge of that office, and all ie. jother county officials embroiled in 4 sgpdientaes can CITY MUST DO WORK [the political feud with A. Ruric ‘The White House, according to a Todd, deposed mayor, for whom q Washington dispatch, will be reno-| Cost of construction Would Dovery, thru his newspaper, had vated while the Coolidges are away. |been a mouthpiece ‘And the president's Iron horse, no| Be Several Thousands Todd han retuned to Kelso from doubdt, will be sent to the foundry for the gun with which the pub-| lisher was slain was partially | Kelso he} his conference with Sheriff NEW FIGHT STARTED TODAY Recalled Official in Spectacular Battle for Lost Position BY LELAND HANNUM (Star Staff Correspondent) Krse, June 22.—Two city administrations will be effective before night. Two mayors and two city }councils will be functioning with appointive officers, jneither of them willing to The man, whose name is | give way to the other. being withheld, told Deputy | town from ttle exile, under cover |of darkness, A. Ruric Todd, recalled from the mayoralty June 3, took up headquarters j at the Columbian hotel. Surrounded by leaders in jhis political faction, Todd | served notice on his succes- sor, Mayor Nat Robin Smith, that he will assume his form- jer office as mayor of Kelso | this afternoon, predicating it upon a manifesto to be print- ed and published all over the city, Slipping into e offices of his legal advisor, orney J. Stone, Mayor Smith told newspaper men he had }been approached by an emmisary of the Todd camp, with the an- nouncement and a request as to | what Smith would do. “T told him to tell Todd that my oe and his policies are differ. | “My skirts are clean, and I'm | keeping them clean. I'm sitting | tight.” | SMITH CONFERS WITH DUN! | Mayor Smith left Kelso immedi-« ately to confer with John Dunbar, , attorney general, at O) Meanwhile Todd is seeking a print. to er start work on his citizens* He will calla mass meet- ing in the City park this evening to lay his case before the pople of the Seattle und taken the lead in the (cit): announcing his purpose to res reshoeing. AINIER VALLEY COMME REnEthe avery watlres assume the office of mayor and start- sen’ op CIAL Meantime Todd's supporters are |!"& immediate court action to declare “Wear fewer clothes and you will ears clamoring for a special prosecutor | his recall illegal on. the” following Lae Fay hf apt ado on arcane and a special grand jury to expose | Points: Lil Gee Gee is going to be Gistreet ca city, lost alleged “crookedness” emanating in Illegal recall election no- centenarian. is ap in fede ita. fight high official and financial circles tices, Y s lto force the compa to pave be-| and extending from “steals from —Electioneering and illegal Little Homer Brew, Jr., M4 s toto | the state” to hijacking of rum run balloting. know when a school of fish eae | tween its tracks. 1 ners. | Illegal clection board and 7 7 iu et | uence o' he decialo } ~ 7 - oT , Aer .. m., there with a hook and line, mad. |,, 42,4 conseauence of the decision. | HERE IS THE STORY of the murder of Editor Thomas | | _Dovery, who had been here since | illigal) carivass ‘otithei vate ; owe a tthe, city: Bure: the. Mr wit | Dovery, of Kelso, in pictures. Doyery (No. 2) had been out- December. ) edited the Cowlltz/ in his absence as: mayor and 000, as i¥ proposed, citizens will | y Mite cs Td Sees 9 County News. He was 58. thi nest iq BIER om the buck of « Ford g have to expend several thousand | Spoken in his criticism of Cowlitz county affairs in his paper, big wine ae! Sana ievesnoia lo ae aS minutes after the - dollars for inter-track paving which | published at Kelso (No. 1). On Friday night he attended a | 3 Wy pg regener polls closed: Jane 3. v ‘ . | daughter, Margaret, have packed Tilegal ballots recalling hi BORN DIED the comp: n its franchise, prom-| meeting at Tom Bailey's home (No. 3) at which civic affairs | | their household effects and are ad- by wie aia laiet By citer | 1918 Many Times | |ised to Iay | were discussed. Shortly after the meeting adjourned Dov- 3 POET RS fe Kye "| mittedly fleeing the city to I as specified in the election laws. i The sult was brought for the ¢ body was found on the sidewalk nearby (No. 5) and| [a like fate. me . ——. ——- 7 tto , wh : * % HE'LL TRY TO head & RGramerys a snd la gun (No, 4) was found near it. A. Ruric Todd, recalled | FLEES. POLICE Booze || SEL a antl cath | oust ‘COUNCIL, 8 _ | represented dent E. BE. Ma ead / id : . ; y, Mrs. y een amacuasion ot a ham, R. Hauser, I. O'Rourke and| Mayor (No, 6) charged the municipal feud was responsible RAID; HE’S CAPTURED |, sat in her home yesterday and | This afternoon Todd will openty |for the murder, Sheriff Studebaker (No. 7), who has turned | lock | J- T. Hines. jover the investigation to Luke May, Seattle criminalogist.| and how her husband became The club a “a martyr to Kelso and political exhibit didn’t include a cuckoo speedometer which will sing, BY WARY STREET CAR erted that the present | ear. | _ AWAIT START | proclaim five council seats vacant | and will appoint successors to the he c EWE: devices fo: Itt ! | men elected to fil! a bf er, My God, to Thee,” when a car| open aliash in which t : is arf ral |Coroner W. D, Van Note (No. 8), who received a mysterious | mo it ieee et nat ng |! Broa en os ot | See Sto fil soata1A8S YaaE } laid langerous and {nea: es is i "i pads) gaeetarnar ar baa ae ‘ack of paving stalled traftic| Phone message before the inquest saying that unless a sui-|| 3, \W parrienu, 48, endeavored OF RACE atuate come ce bath ee the recall election. ‘Their places [lolite T hale lund burt property; and that the, cide verdict was returned he would be the next victim. to.escape the police when they || here,” she declared, “That's why | Were taken by members of the po- A Harry Blottum; company, under the franchise, vas] “Photos by Carter & Bradley, Star Staff ritaapobtt| raided a liquor party at 1 | they shot him. Ho gave his jltical factio not allield with Todd. Ho bids four spades, ybligated to pave lee NVaptlalvesN.; catty, Maneay "morn | Expect Crew’ Regatta to Be| for = clean Kelso.” Two councilmen, Jack Hail and And hasn't got ‘em. The company replied that it had | ———_—————_____— |e Se nent tl cl H | Former Mayor Todd was recatied | Wi, Mallory, bob. Sat ak |boen relieved of its obtigations by|! DEATH HAS CLAIMED os aro, Apia he Oe || losest in History | after he had been charged with libel | “0; and “may hold thelr posts.” “Teach your boy to blow a saxo-|. ity ordinance; that segregating the eae jie Gee coe pel " aid maaifadintok adh etae he haa he flve councilmen of Smith's phone and ho will be too busy toltracks made trolley operation safer 2 PROGRESSIVES OF hime, be Va ky 'U. W NAVY FAVORED) "sed & bitter campaign against al- (Turn to Page 7, Column 3) think of crime,” says a Callfornia/ynd that, in any case, it had no NATION IN 5 DAYS a Wat dol infeed ins thoes |e ” leged “irregularities? of Thomas | er te oes musician. money to finance paving. | ; lo is) now ahentee Seeatitt | | Fisk, Long-Bell Lumber Co, atormeys | By h Cc. li ¢ But the nelghbors won't | "The clu asked the court to force || T)EATH has taker, within tho || arg nwerly enact 1! Smooth Water on Hudson Is} #t- & DCSE ee dudes TAA re: | SRA OY, Gua eloD rie ane th npany to. pave about six past five days, two of the K putedly wealthiest man in Cowlitz . . MORNING GREETING | |inatrnck on Dearborn at ard|| leaders of the pibmreasve. move La Follette Backer Taken = eee Favorable to Huskies | Counts, and. State Senator Pranic Bruises 3 in Auto “Have bibs had breakfast yet?” dy sinter ave, Judge E. E, Cushmun|| ment in the United states | by Death Soon After Chief EA After a collision on the Bothel “Not a drop.” held that injury or damage had not} Senator Robert M. La Follette, | * . BY HENRY L. FARRELL Jovery, operating a one-man pA-/ highway, a car driven by A. Whit- ye Ts been shown and denied the petition. || of Wisconsin, progressive candi BALTIMORE, Md, June 22.—(v. Thieves Rob Home (United Proae Start Corrvepondent) | Per, backed Todd thru campalgns |field, 920 Yakima place, overturned You can say this for the Tennessee | - — || date for president at the last |/p) Senator Edwin. I*) Ladd of! for Fourth Time Pp GHKE N. Y., June 22,| Which tore wide open long-standing | and bruised and cut the occupants. monkey trial: As the hot days draw Sf election, dnd the head of the li North Dakota died. at the ofurch | Perfect weather conditions and | friendships. With Mr. Whitfield, mm the car senigh and news grows scarce, it gives ToS. the party, died last Thursday, home infirmary here at 10:20 a, m.| B. C. Johnson, $38 22nd ave., re-| the prospects of one of the tightest | It is because of his activities [were his wife, Hazel, and Beatrice ¢ paragraphers something to write o Secure Today, a few hours before La |\today of kidney trouble \turned home Saturday night to find|Taces in the long history of the| | (Turn to Page %, Column 6) Huntley, 10, of the same address. , Follette was to be laid to rest, || genator Ladd entere othe. ‘ " 337, a| Classic, drow cord crowd here to. - A a eg sae Particular Home Aenntor Tawin’ “F.. Ladd, of ||; center, Ladd entered the hospital |that, thiéves had taken” $287. «| Classic, drew a record srawahete od . ee lant week, coming here from Cleve-| watch, an alarm clock, a camera, | day to see seven of the finest varsity There's one bad feature about\| You Want || North Dakota, one of La Fol- \\jand for treatmont for neuritis and|60 phonograph records and. some| crews in the country battle for the} Amundsen's return, He's sure Yo : fe Ty tre je letto's most ardent supporters in || shoumatiamn Saralty: intercolleginto rowing championship j tone || Be sure and consult today's Clas- || saldontial campaign, passed || yay as Mand the Wfourinlle, -Eriidaon' vivant ho ed CH aera ad ie sified Columns. Here is a good || vy Bueitiees, 7 om Sd ape | pe bir i ot pee a i His oie hasbeen robbed several loolice sfbab el. a tok * } urn to Page 7, Column mes before, The Colorado Teachers’ college has || Usting | ollette and Lada were two || —__ ba.) lat EL) Sas The roads were chokea with motor established a course In janitor en- || === = === ||| of the men “read out" of the caravans, tho special trains were gineering, and the betting Js 10 to 1) BLECTRICAL |] epublicap party last spring for | | londed and the streets swarmed with they will call {t “Janitation.” 5 HOME Ee ean’ rook: |] “bolting” the party. ‘The other || | those who had arrived early te avoid eve | 5 RO ate $4,600 if ’ | two men were Senator Frazier, | ! the rush for tickets YE DIARY d. of North Dakota, and. Senator e k | There was no chance to buy tickets ty pleased to think that J.!] yin 1926 electric i i } | barte: r Fi ] Di al De d: R 1 f it. "Colver, J, Burchard, K. the beat features pf the igh + While you are on your vacation there is no need and wore otting $26 for $5 tickets, |< UM@. smiss, pen s on Result o} Carson and 1B. Kribs did call upon me)! oat priced homes, in fact, wi to | vith oie hin 9 RIVER SMOOTIL AS y Y the plenique of urprive the moat exacting for oO be without The Seattle Star, tyes) ] Cri ] A l The Carried, tae wad erincsien eel-|| the price nakads living room 1p°|| | : POND BEFORE RACE ria or Criminal ssault loges. Anon to playing at lawn tennis, with picturesque granite |) | Some BIG NEWS may break, something BIG ‘The viver was running o8 smooth — on Os: etl watking MERU A , "po | at Gere TT may happen here at home and you will want to Me a pond and thore were, prosp Nema DUPEN, superintendent ) damages of §2,000 in a civil suit paosed this day, in greate peaco and | dream of a itshen ||| know ‘all about it, ‘Then there is “THE FLAPPER for ideal racing conditions at 6 of tho King county home, was} In the session Momdayy Commins aniet, it being the 2iat day of June In | xtra large brenifant || | now ‘all about it, “Then there 1s Beers J o'clock, when tho junior varsity] suspended Monday by the county | sioner William Brown made the mo- ‘ the relen of MMilord Coolldge, 1998, Anno | room: two pretty bedrooms || | WIFE that you are réading; you need not miss a jelehts take the water, ‘The fresh- | commissioners ponding his trial on|tion to suspend Dupen. It was sec- i ocr me teal hall, and an, extra. bode single installment, |men crows are scheduled to start at | July 9 on charges of criminal assault. | onded by Commissioner Wy A, Gaines The only reaso! ‘ore people don't | room, large enough for a three | { H ps \ ji A }6:45 p,m. and the feature varsity Mrs. Dupen was appointed acting | and both these voted for the suspen MSE a Sho misttaacaar the ingeanimment quarter bed; balance Nation Pays Tribute to, he Star will be forwarded to you, to any place lrace at 645 p.m superintendent by the commissioners | sion, Commissioner Frank Paul did * : ick | ; ; The r ol ¢ ows oI rr) » jot vo! ® contend ian in because the salesmen gener. | Ideals of Progressive Leader} in America, for only 50 cents a month, Tho Washington and Navy crews |to manage the county @home during |not vote, Io contends that Dupen ‘ally require a small payment down, || Turn to the Want Ad Columna |] . jwere an even choice in the betting | Dupen's absence, ae bo fired outright Au saaati ate 4 and seo 1g thin home ry rit }to win the varsity race, with very] Dupen was accused by Laura Fos-| “3¥o considered this action was the ‘ ‘ MADISON? Win, June 22. en ° i} le money bel laced, The prmi-deat. te, They worked | onl¥ fair thing to do in this case at “C wpe déMealline on|| to you FIRMS little money being placed. ‘The Syra« | tov, a aemi-deat-mu ey ¥ s a the Rroholes Mijune Hut loe'se UMA OrkER 0 BUYS || tarles of tho@tate and nation paid) In- cuso senior varsity crew was fovored | formerly in the King county hospi- | the prosent time,” sald Commisstoner it no softer ‘aher prohibitton than|| BVHRY DAY honor to Robert M. La Mollette in: a) jto win tho first event and tho fresh-|tal, where Dupen was chef, The} Brown, ‘Dupen will have his triat Before, OLI modest funeral ceremony today in} ® man race was booked as a certainty woman, charging that Dupen at- | before the court and if this trial g ‘ oA. J, Be (Turn to Page 7, Column 4) Thitaaist Metta Aca nage Fw) Ne ta shalt: IE (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) tacked her, recently was awarded lagainst him he Is thru, of course,’ * % ‘ 4 CALE (4 OEE) Pa Tey