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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
HARDING ENTERS
SOUTHERN ZONE
Cotton Planters Listen to
His Promises
ny RAYMOND CIApPIsR

WITH SENATOR HARDING En-
ROUTE TO DOufsV1LLE. Ky. oct.
"A. Crossing Tennessee today sens
tor Warren q. Harding entered the
blue grass country II Kentucky to-
day 10 speak at Louisville feniRht
Tho be II travelling territory usu-
ally democratic crowds took their cue
from the thousands who went Gown
the aawdust tran Al the Bllly Sunday y
tabernacle meeting at Chattanooga
last night and turned out literally
10 see the republican candidate
wherever his train passed
Thus far southernerr are keeping
up the pace set by Nort1rn audi
ences IN cheering attacks on the
League Of Nations by the republican
presidential nominee.
Cotton planters, discouraged by the
recent slump In the price Of their
product apparently took senrt In
HarfinE'n promise 10 revive the pro.
tcctive tariff 10 apply equally 20 the
North and the south-to potatoes
and peanuts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
MRS. sTORRs REFUSED
TO GET A DIVORCE

A few minutes later Mrs Storrr
arrived. Ruth asked her 10 get a
divorced" Ruth said. Mrs. storrs
and worried. Mrs. storrs hurried
thru with her lunch.
II am going to Alaska. and when
I come back | want to find Dug Is
divorced she said. Mrs. Storrs
again refused to consider the re.
quest.
: Suddenly Mrs. Storrs was seixed
with convuisions. and fell to the
floor. She was dead before the am.
bulance arrived. Ruth walked into
nearby wash room and emptied
the remainder OF the poison in the
sink. Then shc returned to the side
Of the dying woman. and pretended
sympathy. She was taken 10 the
police station and questioned, but
her frank. straightforward answers
almost convinced the police she was
innocent She was released and i'm.
acknowledgement to the home OF her
uncle.
The next morning chemists an.
nounced that Mrs. storrs had died
Of strychnine poisoning. Ruth was
arrested.
II am innocent. but love Dug
with all my heart and soul" she told
the arresting officers
Turnout that dry and late into
the next. Ruth protested her limo
cence. Then a woman who saw
Ruth stir something into the fruit
cocktail at the tea room called the
police and told the story. Captain
Of Detectives Tenant guessed the
truth. and accused the girl. She
stoutiy denied II ut first. but soon
broke down and made complete
confession.
II did II because I loved Dug so.
and I wanted him" she said.
storrs came To Seattle the day
Ruth confessed. and surrendered 10
the police. He appeared nervous.
but denied he knew Ruth contern.
plated the crime. He admitted,
however, that her story OF his rela,
tons with her in Okanogan was true.
While awaiting trial, Ruth was
taken to the detention home. 1t was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
Bootlegger Asks
u. s. Protection
: From His Patrons

drink psrlor EVER day ! see hnat.
ieggerS going into that Mace. They
buy and sell hooso in there Now
you send an officer down 20 watch
that place and catch some Of thoer
hootlcsGrrs, want Ga see them all
arrested "
IAN right. t'n see that the mat.
ter "a attended to-" Inspector Msore
assured him ny the way. what Is
Your manner"
"My name IA Ntcohe Rellu." the
stranger replied as he left the room,
This was a week ago,
The following day Chief Allen Of
the police day squad called w, tn.
spector Moore answered the phone,
'.Say." said Alien. we arrested the
proprietor Of ioint at sol King ST.,
this morning Found TO gallons Of
moonshine In room ON the NEE.
Eanine fioor. Know anything about
the place.
yes" replied Moore, what did
you say the fellows name wasF''
"Beiiu. Allen said. 'Nisone nellu
He's out on bah"
well I'm he darned.- said Moore
u wonder what that fellows game
was anyhow, IN coming 20 uA Guess
he'll bc pretty careful now. but well
watch the place. az that"
"Wednesday inspector O'fiara came
into the office with a report to make
Il picked up fellow laat night. I"
he said 10 Moore. "Runs soft drink
place down on king u Had a pint
u whisky on the shelf"
whats the address on King at. -
Moore wanted 20 know.
Uffarw consulted his notebook.
The number II sol. he replied
And the mans namc--r~
HNAeatte Hellt1
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Ito missed the elevator in the
federal building by a epnt second
held his thumb on the button
until the caFc came down again,
and then assembled to the fourth
floor.
ON his left was dark corridor,
straight ahead long. gloomy hail.
TN the RIGHT. door marked with
the numerals "s2e' stood enen hos
rltahly The stranger paused for
moment then accepted the silent
invitation and entered the room.
els this the federal prohibition
officer he asked with suppressed
emotion.
Inspector Moore. seated At the
first desk. carefully placed his nm
ser on Section 80. Title Of the
NotSteAd act before looking up,
1T u.s." he replied
'-rhc director. want 20 see him. "
the stranger demanded.
Director Mcdonald Is In TIA
coma AZ present" Moore Informed
him. nut can take caro 81 any
matter for yea, What's the trou
hlev'
The visitor hcsi,a,ed He EaErd
at the row of evidence on the
counter. Ills rowing eve took n
the row % stills that lined 'the
hack end 81 the room Then. APP
parontiy satisfied with what he
saw, the stranger made known his
wants.
VIVA, do I WANT he t~ean. 7
want to So the prohibition law IN.
forced. that's what | am a citinen
OF Seattle. and | want 10 se. all
these boctlegw~rS ARRESTED. Now I
give YOU a tin.
Down at sci King II. IL a Anrt
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
DOUGLAS ST0RRS
STARTS ON PAGE 1

airy. 1919. at okanoran.
Storrr left the sh.rlffs office tn
the winter OF 1914. and was in
okanoEan in January. 1919. working
in garage. lie correspondent con.
stantiy with Ruth Garrison In Seat
tie. and with his wife. Mira Grace
Elizabeth Storrs.
On January III Storrs wrote Ruth
Garrison. urging her to burn his let
ters. but giving her directions to
reach OkAnoEan. This was in re-
spenae to a telegram burning with
love that Ruth had sent. Please.
Dug. let me come she wired.
On her arrival in Okanogan Ruth
registered az the hotel as Airs.
storrs.~ tho storrs obtained sep
aratc room for her. She remained
there 10 days and was accepted by
the little town an storrs' wife. Then
he became alarmed and warned her
that we cannot set away wfsh this
IN . small town" lilo urged her 20
20 to w~natchne and get Johs
Ruth went back 10 Seattle. but
after few days returned 20 stnrrr
in Okanoran. This time she stayed
unui about March rs. sstorrs finally
persuaded her that II was "dangrr'
Gus" and she again returned TO
Seattle AZ she left. Sicrrs gave her
HITTER 10 read on the train. u was
passionate combination Of advice
ard love protestationn II called her
Lower Gtri" Euth wrote ssorrs In
reply. again declaring her love.
"Ycu know. Dug. arm the most
ignorant little gsrl in this whole
world
ON the morning u March ~. Ruth
Garrison called Mrs. orae~ Storrs.
the wife OF her 'iover man" on the
teiephons and asked her to set a
divorce. Mrs. Storra refused 10 dis.
cuss II over the phone. Ruth then
begged Mrs storrs to take lunch
with her and talk .; over. Mrs.
storrs consented. but asked her
mother and sisscr to follow her.
on her way 90 she Bon Marche tea
room. 10 meet Mrs storrs. Ruth
stopped at drug store and bought
bottle OF strychnine. She told the
drug clerk she intended to Kill cats
with the poison.
Al the tea room. Ruth ordered
lunch. and waited. BY her own con
feasion. she admits she planned the
murder when she made the appoint.
ment TO. meet her lovers wife. Ruth
poured part Of the strychnine
crystals into a fruit cocktail, placed
the glass In front Of the chair she
had selected for Mrs. storrE, and
coIdly watched for her rivals ap-
pearance.
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Republicans Hold
a Rallies Tonight

Republicans viii hold four rtliles
Thursday night
AZ littls'a hall. University district
Miss Hester T.. iiosford. Of califor.
mia. ana ConRr easman John y. BIN.
er will he the principal speakers.
Alfred n fundin and Capt e. n.
Dickinson viii speak al Pheian's
hall Columbia city.
Representative piiny l.. Allen
and capt flaiph Il Knapp viii al
Dress RnihefinR at uno Alhambru
cabaret. t2th ave = and Jackson sL
Capt D. y. Colvin and Dr W. A,
Major viii speak ~ the Liberty thea
ire Ia Auburn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
Artillery Transfer
Won't Change Policy

That the Puget sound district has
twice the artillery personnel of the
San Franciseo district, and that the
transfer ~ the headquarters Of the
North Pacific eomt artillery district
20 the BAY city will not affect the
purchasing policy Of the army here
was the advice received BY the Cham.
Der Of commeroc wednesday from
It's Washington representative.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
MORE TROOPS
FOR IRELAND
Official Says Terrorism TO
Be Crushed

DUBLIN, Oct it.-xA conhtabu.
larry iatTFe enough 20 crush any dis.
tuihinK force IN ireland waH prom
iHsd today by aif llamnr Green
weed, chief secretary for Ireland
GREENWOOD aaid SYSTEM Of ape
eiai oonstahulary similar 20 that in
England will be established under
the control 81 the royal Irish con
HtahulAry.
The force WITH be Increased by as
many thousands as are deemed
necessary 20 end terrorism and muir
der. he said
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REPORT SOVIET
MAKES ADVANCE
Said to Have Captured
Wrangel Towns

PARIS. oct "a Reports Of the
French foreign offtCe today sntd ltalr
shsxik treaps had advanced against
General Mmngei on tho Sea Of A1oL
rceapturing several towns.
nIcitttN. Oct ii Reports from
entente sources today said a new
effort had been launched To recruit
an sntirvd army IN Russia
Remnants OF the fore recruited
by Lieutenant iiermondt and other
former atiti.red groups were 10 he
used
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
Reads Bible, Then
Suicides, Age of 81

LONDON. oct is.-John swift. o..
committed ssuiclde hy cutting his
throat. Before he died he told the
police he was reading the Bible when
something told him 70 cut his
throat"
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Mayor MacSwiney's
Mind Is Clouded

LONDON. oct IA cloud
seems 10 have settled over the mind
Of Lord Mayor MHeawney In nria.
ton prison. relatives said to-day.
Manawiney began his esrd day OF
hunger striking today.
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RUTH APPARENTLY HArrY
At WORK AND sTIDY


Then Ruth was taken away to Tho
insane ward at the pcnitsnuary. At
any time she may be- tried for gnmnns
ity and II pronounced sane. may 60
free. So far no effort has been
made 10 free her. According 70 re.
ports from the prison. she often
asks abou; siorrs. but Il apparently
happy at her work and study. IL II
said Storrs has not seen her.
stnrrp. charged with rednrtton.
vas brought 10 trial in oisanaTan
the little town where he lived with
Ruth as man and wife. The trial
started June 8
The startling DEVELOPMENT 81 the
trial was storrx' offer to MARI, her
and his request that Judge John =
Iurey perform the ceremony in ths
court room. r. n Smith. s,orrw' al.
torney. argued this offer barred fur.
Their prosecution. but he was over.
ruled.
Later u VII. learned Ruth was
ready 10 answer yes but was no,
given an opportunity. Ruth. on the
Nttst@N# EstNNs NFHtAAs8 Afl" AtOFF OF
her downfall The Jury deiib~ra ted
only n few hours and found storra
guilty as charged
june Jurey. who had presided
only a few weeks before at the trial
~ the girl sentenced storrr N s~rve
five years in tho penitentiary THIS
was the maximum sentence.
On hearing of storrv' fate. Ruth
broke down and cried bitterly
s'oh. we love each other 80 much. >
she sohbed.
Storrv' only comment was; -r ex.
pected Il. The Judge Just threw the
book at me-
A few weeks later. July 10. Storrs
was released on s. 900 hail Ruth IL
In priaon StorrH' whereabouts are
not known. lie WINS confidently en-.
peciing the supreme court To reverse
Judge Jurey and free him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14
ALPINE P. 0.
SAFE CRACKED

The posfoffIce At Alpine. near
Scenic. in the northeastern corner OF
! King county. WAS looted Of postal
Vfunds and registered ff1ail by yegg.
&Tnen early Wednesday morning, ae-
cording 10 q telegram received by
XPostoffice Inspector J. s. sswenson
&Thursday.
uetAils Of the robbery are not
known. Postoffice inspectors are In.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14

Campus songstsrs VARIED might
ny a. the first rehearsal Of The all.
university chorus held on the cam
pus wednesday night. dnder fhe a.
rvction of Dean Irving 81. Glen, Of
the music department..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-14

AKRON. O.. Oct Tive been
making fniain Jack year no~
judge. and just selling u 10 my
neighbors for medicine" Two
hundred and costa" remarked His.
ronrr
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q Women Taken by
Police in Drug Raid

Under direction Of Police Ser
reant Homer l.. INLAND. police
Hdi on 1871 Eighth aye. netted
five alleged drug addicta Wcdnos.
day night They we're A. J Cheat
ham, "a n driver. Mrs. A. J Cheat
ham a. Violet Lower, "a. LAllian
Hurley. 81. and Margaret Castle. a.
In 1918 China exported i.s5J. $50
tons 81 soya beans and bean prod.
uets. valued At about tS7. 60o. 600.
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some time After the murder that abe.
showed signs OF r~morr~. Tho nhr
was kept from public rnE1. she MAS
reported as mar nervous COLLAPSE
In tho meantime scores Of people
wrote her letters. sent her slo~ern
and candy. Some offered money
One ex service man. Jus, back from
the war. wrote Sheriff John s,rfngsf
asking him 20 release the Egri ard
offering 70 take her pEAcs Phyni.
clans examined the wtri for the statn
and PRONOUNCED hSr sane
On May =. after trial than was
filled With morbid testimony. and
featured BY Euth's confession and
story of her We. a jury brought IN
. verdict declaring her mot guilty
by reason Of mental trrraponsihui,y "
Ruth's attorneys. Thomas NJ askren
and A. r. Hii@n. brought a number
% witnesses 20 prove abe was hop~
f~s~fw fxv-~N..Nwm{t.f.
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since i2o2 there has been steady
increase ~ women entering the edu.
CAfional profession
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ae and Alldn7essy &HRlaer Aagea1u

the people Of RssS ssw how ugly
was the face beneath. n ma brighten
them . little. But doubtless the
Great Medicine Rat that thought
into her also. for. nass. what could
a silly woman do In such a cassY
Dad you ever know u any woman
who was any use In a battle. or for
anything else except TO nurse
babies. and this one does not even
do that. no doubt because. being so
ugly under that sheet, no man can
bo found TO marry her"
Now ! looked up by chance and
In the light OF the lamps saw
Ayesha standing In the room, which
she had entered through the open
doorway. within six inches of
Hsns's back, indeed.
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BE sure, Baas," he went ON.
that this bundle of rags is nothing
but a common old cheat who fright
ems people by pretending to be q
spook, as IL she dared to say that IL
was she who made those sinking
Amahagger charge, and not the
Great Medicine of the Opener OF
Roads, / would tell her to her face"
Now ! was too paralyzed to
speak, and while was rejecting
that Il was fortunate Ayesha did
not understand Dutch she moved q
little so that one of the lamps
which was now behind her caused
her shadow to fall on to the
back OF the squatting Hans and
over it onto the floor beyond. For
a moment he stared at the dis
torted shape of the hooded head.
then slowly screwed his neck
round and looked upward behind
him.
For a moment he went on staring
as though he we're frozen, then ut
tered a wild yell, scrambled to his
feet, bolted out of the hut and van
ished into the night.
ut seems, Allan" said -Ayesha,
slowly, that yonder yellow ape OF
yours is very bold at throwing
sticks when the leopard Is not be-
meath the tree. But when she
comes 1t is otherwise with him.
Oh, make no excuse, for / know
well that he was speaking Ill Things
of me, because, being curious, as
apes are, he burns to learn what Is
behind my veil, and, being simple,
believes that no woman would hide
her face unless its fashion was not
pleasing to the nice taste OF men,"
Then, to my relief, she laughed
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because you see It is in her blood,
and doubtless she has looked Oh
dreadful things. But the Great
Medicine will see to II that she does
not die after we have taken so
much trouble and gone into such
big dangers to save her. That
Great Medicine is very wonderful,
Baas. First of all 1t makes you
General over those Amahagger,
who without you would never have
fought, as the witch who ties up
her head in cloth knew well
enough. Then II brings us safe
through the battle and gives
strength to Umslopogaas to kill the
old man-eating giant"
why did it not give me strength
to kill him, Hans? | let him have
two Express bullets on his chest,
which hurt him no more than a tap
upon the horns with a dancing stick
would bull-buffalo."
"Oh! Baas. perhaps you missed
him, who because you hit things
sometimes, think that you do so al
ways"
Having waited to see II would
rise to this piece of insolence, which
of course / did not, he went on by
way of letting me down easy: "Or
perhaps he wore very good armor
under his beard. for saw some OF
those Amahagger who pulled his
hair of and cut him to pieces, go
away with what looked like little
bits of brass. Also the Great Medi-
cine meant that he should be killed
by Umslopogaas and not by you,
since otherwise Umslopogaas would
have been sad for the rest Of his
life. whereas now he will walk
about the world as proud as a cock
with two tails and crow all night as
we'll as all day.
Then. Baas, when Rezu broke
the square and the Amahagger be-
gan to run, without doubt 1t was the
Great Medicine which changed
their hearts and made them brave
again, so that they charged at the
right moment~when they saw It go
ing forward on your breast. and in
stead Of being eaten up, ate up the
cannibals."
Indeed! I thought that the Lady
who dwells yonder had something
to do with that business. Did you
see her, Hans?"
"0h! yes, saw her, Baas, and !
think that without doubt she lifted
the cloth over her head and when
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u mighty General, ne SAID,
'She-who-commands bids me con-
duct the lady who is sick to the
place that has been made ready for
her, which is near. your own, so that
you may watch over her II you will"
I wondered how Ayesha knew
that Inez was sick, but being too
tired to ask questions, merely babe
him lead on. This he did, taking
US to another ruined house next to
our own quarters which had been
swept, cleaned and furnished after
a fashion, and moreover, cleverly
&. rooted in with mats. so that II was
really very comfortable.
Here we found two middle-aged
women OF a very superior type,
who, Billali informed me, we're by
trade nurses of the sick, and hav-
ing seen her laid upon her bed, l
committed Inez to their charge,
since the case was not one l dared
to try to doctor myself, not know
ing what drug of the few ! pos
sessed should be administered to
her. Moreover, Billali comforted
me with the information that soon
She-who-commandes would visit
her and make her well again." as
she could with remarkable ease.
I answered that l hoped so and
went to our quarters, where found
an excellent meal ready cooked and
with 1t stone flagon, of the con-
fnnfu Of ruhinh nf1lAH ,os1
all three to drink by the command
OF Ayesha, who declared that 1t
would take away our WEAKNESS.
tried the stuff, which was pale
yellow in color like sherry, though
for aught knew 1t might be poison,
and found II most comforting,
though It did not seem to be very
strong % the taste. Certainly, too,
its effects we're wonderful. since
presently all my great WEAKNESS
fell from me like a discarded CLOAK,
and I found myself with a splendid
appetite and feeling better and
stronger than I had done for years.
In short that drink was a cock
tail" OF the best, one OF which l
only wish / possessed the recipe,
though Ayesha informed me after
wards that It was distilled from
quite harmless herbs and not In
any sense a spirit.
Having discovered this, / gave
some to Hans, also to Umslopogaas
who was with the wounded Zulus,
who, we found. we're progressing
we'll towards complete recovery,
and lastly to Goroko, who also was
worn out. On all of these the ef-
feet Of that magical brew proved
most satisfactory.
Then, having washed, I ate q
splendid dinner, though in this re-
spect Hans. who was seated ON the
ground near by, far out-passed my
finest efforts.
"Baas," he said. things have
might have gone very Ill. The Baas
Red-Beard Is dead, which is a good
thing, since q mailman would have
been difficult to look after, and a
I, brain full of moonshine is a bad
companion for any man. Oh! with
out doubt he Ia better dead, though
your reverend father, the Predi-
kant, will have q hard job looking
after him there In the Place Of
Fires"
Perhaps" I said with n sigh,
"since It ia better 70 be dead than
to live a lunatic. But what I fear
Is that the lady, his daughter, will
follow him"
ooh! no, Baas," replied Hans
cheerfully. though I dsresay that
she will always be little mad also,
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Spell.

NJ our return to Kor | need
I say nothing, except that In
- due course we reached that
interesting ruin. The Journey was
chiefly remarkable for one thing.
that on this occasion. I imagine for
the FIRST and last time In his life,
Umslopogaas consented to be car
ried in litter, at least for part Of
the way.