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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
SLAYER FACING
MURDER CHARGE
Young Widow win Tell oil
Alleged Insult

sTrLLwATER. Okla. May IL
Sensations are promised by the
prosecution At tho preliminary hear.
ing today Of Earl Gordon. Is. Miaris.
Okla. charged with numbering Beck,
ham Cobb. "a. birmingham. Ala.
We viii show that II was a clear
case Of murder" John Vaughn.
county attorney. raid before tho near.
Ing began. Airs BERTHE -. Cobb. IL.
year-oid widow, who has an Is
month-old son. Beckhsm. Jr.. will
give the details Of the alleged Insult
TO her which. II IL said. caused the
shooting. She has refused TO give
the details up TO this time.
Gordon viii enter a plea Of self "a.
Tense. claiming that Cobb attempted
to kin him. according to his at,or.
neys
Gordon shot Cobb near the Okla.
homa A. q VI. college. where both
were federal vocational s,udenta
after n IL alleged the latter demand
ed that the former Apologies for an
alleged Insult to hi. wife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
FRANCE TO QUIT
GENOA FARLEY!
Withdrawal Ordered on Ac-
count OF Russia

PARIS. May is.-~rhs French dele.
cation To tho Genoa conference will
return 60 Paris after tho economic
and technical questions have been
disposed Of. and win not participate
further In discussions with regard 10
Russia. n was semi officially an.
nounced today.
GENOA. May Ia Lloyd George.
AT IN. political rubcofnmission today.
formally proposed that MIXED com.
mission 10 named TO take up the
financial and either problems OF Rus
sla and the allies lie also proposed
ut truce. 60 remain In effect In the
Russian border states until an agree.
msns IL reached.
Louis Baffhou. chief of the French
daleTation. opposed both suggestions.
The commission thereupon adjourned
until 8 o. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
new OUTBREAKS
THRU IRELAND
Peace Parleys Fail to Halt
Disorders
ny GEORGE MAcpoNAoH

DUBLIN. May is.~iiostilities IN
ireland have been resumed, despite
tho peae. conference. between lead
srs OF tho various factions.
The new disorders center In Ulster
irfsh republican army mutinesfs'
arson squads s~t fire 20 and do
stroyed tho British naval wireless
station on the Donegal coast Thurs
day night.
The mutins~rs had elected the
coast guards some tam. previously.
BEFORE starting the fire they aucs
toned of the furuiture
Shooting was resumed In Belfast
this morning. two persons being
killed. There was intense firing last
night IN the Msrrowbone district Of
Belfast. one casualty was rwpcrted.
street car service was Suspended
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

IN NICHTSHIRT
AT 40 BELOW

Chased out into a storm at 20 DO
frees below zero. and clad only Ia has
nlghtsbirs. the Rev. Franklin he VI.
lion. retired renfaeostsf minister.
iss7 Denny way. heard his wife
shout. Don't come back. III dance
on your coffin tn heiis"
This undlKnlfiad and frosty exit
occurred az Success. Saskatchewan.
IN December. 1919. according TO the
Rev. DO Fllion, who was granted a
divorce Friday by Superior Judge
Everett Smith
Il don't know her definition Of
hell" said DO Elton. but abe said
she'd meet me there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

MERE SCRAPS

PUIGkiktaEPSIE. ~. T. May IL.
- love every pore In your skin .
oh. my dear. am dead for yon
Just dead"
when can we ret married.
That Is all I think Of"
Upon these and similar quota.
tons. contained In love lstfers Fred
X Beauvais il alleged TO have sold
TO james A. stillrnan. the verdict In
the sensational sffllran divorce case
hinged today.
Mrs- stIilman denied that Beau
vais. named NJ her lover ny Stu
man. had betrayed her and sod
OUT by disponing OF her letters 70
StiIlman's agents for $4,000.
Mr.. stillman fights with gold ard
~ke has paid $4,000 for four worth.
lese scraps of paper" shs declared.
: She Insisted the alleged love let
tors were forgeFiez.
Stiiiman's hwyerA however.
charged they were genuine ana that
Be2uvass sold them TO Edmund
Leigh. private detective. In Montreal
on May for Is $1,000 bills. Beau.
vAis beid out for sss.eoo.. Leigh
testified. but finally knocked sio.o
or his price. Leigh said.
Ths letters are on me To-Day
with Referee Gleason. who heard
sAe testimony in the divorce case.
After they were read In the cour,
proceedings iafs yesterday. Mrs.
GaIlmzn said she was willing to
rset her case without introducing
further testimony.
Leigh, In his testimony. declared a
New York newspaper man acted as
ec-between In the deal with Beauvais,
~ result Of which the letters wers
surrendered Beauvais. hs said. was
very nervous thruout the negotia.
tons and seemed TO fear he would be
trapped in some way. lie inspected
the money very carefully when !,
Was handed to him. and charged tina,
1T was marked money. according "a
Leigh. lie also was alleged 10 have
called LsIgh's attention to three men
lettering near the Transportation
building. in Montreal. where the terms
were discussed. saying to him tina,
he was watched and would never &c,
out Of town alive IL there was any
double crossing"
The letters. in part. follow
Darling Freddie: How I love you
and all the good things you are q
part of--the wonderful blue sea and
tho waves. Everything that Is alive
and everything that IL peace.
Ionged for you so last night ana !
was 80 tired that took your FOLDING
cup to sleep with me. like tho chill
dren, and then went to sleep. I arr
Just dead for you.
Il want TO be played with and pla,
with you. I want all the hard thing
to melt. I want TO be comforted.
p. s.--write me often. Go deer
into the woods and dream. and dream
for me. Then get up and make s
come true"
Another letter said:
Il love every pore OF your skin.
love the dear ground you stand on
love you better each day. and ever,
day shows mo how foolish II 10 Z,
live without you. I love you beyon,
words. love You forever and ever
want you more than anything Oh
the earth.
when win you be down, dear
And when can we get marrfsd7 Tina
IL ali / think Of"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
LIQUOR BONUS
FOR II. S. JURY

IL an Investigation Of the charges
made IN open court against local dry
officers by Arvid Frnnxen. an IN
former. IN conducted. ~ viii DO by =
federal and not BY a county grand
jury.
Thia was announced saturday. fol
lowing n conference Friday bstweer
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Doug
las. Federal Judge jeremiah Hetefef
and District Attorney Thomas y. tie
veile.
ranxen's accusations were mads
IN federal court during the trial Thu
week on liquor charges of James III
Woods. lie claimed that police dfy
sqund members framed" on Woods
and that fnformers were paid DO
muse. 20 get convictions on suspect
ed booze law yioiniofs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Deaconess Board to
Hold Meeting Here

Deaconess board Of tho Methodist
Episcopal church win be held in Sc.
attic May IS and IT. Bishop Thomas
Nicholson will preside and Bishop
Charles w. Burns win be ons of the
principal speakers DIR. d. w. How.
ell, Buffalo. ~. Y. corresponding sec.
Rotary, will read his annual report
and the members OF tho board from
all parts of the United States will DO
present.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Bag and SCI Gone,
Man Tells Police

II. r.. Sergeant soo7 Brooklyn ave.
informed tho police Saturday that hs
left his brown leather handbag on
the courthouse steps ut 7i5 Friday
night
The bag contained 500 In currency
and n 81 gold piece.
when | went back 10 get n q,
100" said Sergeant. ''the bag was
gone"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
DRIVE STARTED
ON PROFITEERS
Congress TO Vote $4,000
for investigation
BIT LAURENCE N. BENEDICT

WASHINGTON. May iI.-SThe
first definite move ia ths campaign
TO round up and prps~cfi,, war Dc
fraud~rs cam. today when the house
appropriations COMMITTEES fsyorahiy
reported n bsii giving the depart
meut OF Justice a special sboe. 900
graft prosecution fund. I'hs money
Is needed. according 70 Attorney
General Dauxherty. TO employ extra
investigators and counsel
Tho bill will b Passed In the
house Monday. under plans Of house
leaders. and then sent to the senate
with the request that Equally
speedy action - given Il there 80
that President Harding can slsa II
before thu end OF neat week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
METERS
NOT DUE HERE
Seattle Phone Co. Denies
Scent Rate Coming

Patrons OF tho Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company in Seattle
and thruout the state need have no
fear OF the telschrcnofnsssr. accord.
lnx 30 III, company.
'~rh. Pacific company 10 IN no
way interested In the tsiechrono.
meter" said J. W. Philips. com.
marciai superintendent for the state
Of Washington. we have not con.
aldered " az all. and do not intend
TO install II In this state or any.
where in this HeIi system
Statements made by representa-.
tive~ OF tho telechronotnste that
the tendency Of tho Deli company il
towards Increasing rates to five
cents fiat per call were contradict.
ed by phllllps.
Nothing ~ the kind II bssrr
considered Phillips naid. II ought
to know"
A fnofbsrs9 Ioye srdurrs thru al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
CHARGES WIFE
WEDTOO SOON

PORTLAND, Ore. May Ia
Fuf for divorce from MR.. Marjorie
uawi.y Lueiiwftx. divorced wife al
willard y. Hswtey. Jr.. wealthy
Oregon City paper manufactures.
vas flied In Circuit, court here y~-
ter,iav by attorneys for Max n
Lualiwitx. is. student % Oregon
Agricultural college. r.ueilwftx's
father il . prominent timberman
here.
I.nriiwfts bass- his complaint
upon the Discovery that only i've
months interviewed between IN. al
Sorce % Mrs. fu~fiwifx from law
ley and her marriage 70 him.
Iusil~tix and Mrs. iIawi.y wer.
married ~ Turieck. Cal. March 10
exactly five months after her a.
vorce from Ha~i~Y The oregon
law requires a sixmonths iatsrvai
between matrimonial ventures.
------.ssa--a---s-----------
4 mother II mother sftfi--the
hs,fiT~s fhlnw sffwr safxr4<I~r
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PHONE CASE
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

who. for reasons of policy. refused
use OF hls name. eald. We've got
the meters just like ~e uasd 60 have
lnriusnKa--they were wished onto va.
We used To have service. now We
hav. misery. IN. old fiat rata Was
too high 20 start with. Ny two
phonert cost fne fise more this
month. wish I could get siong
without tho phones
NJ. A. GooDyKOOSTz. hardware
dealer. isoi Hewitt ave. said he
thought the meter. we're all right.
At THE ELoiN LUNCH tn. en-.
tire staff OF employees were indignant
over their phone bills NJ. if~ntinx'
ton. proprietor. saia hts bill had In.
or~sr-d 100 per cent.
MRS. INCA RICH. waitress, said
her bill had run over IS cents. aitho
SHE seldom us@a her phone and
worked all DAY. The cashier. Mrs. r
l.. Morrison. Ga Warren ave. dc
elared her phone hill had Increased
so. sitho her entire family wat
abssnt during the day and there was
no earthly rrason for H.
Mrs. MARGARET HEIroRT
ans Colby ave. WAS out % town for
three weeks aud her house closed
She returned 10 find bin a 81 walt
ing for her.
Those who have declared against
IN. phone meters. tneiua. ~. Pop
lack. ciothisr. 1910 Hewitt sys.i r.
.. uerrsti. ?sao Wetmaro ave. Mrs
&. MeI.ain. 1884 weunore ave o. r.
Rand. zs.g wesmors sve. ~ pixon.
aTit wstmore ave. and J. W. stow
art. asia Rockefeller ave.
Among those who approve If the
tsierhronomste are T.. III. Elliott.
ronfectloner. 1918 Hewitt ave; Airs.
W. NJ. Mullen. 3tt< wsimofs ave.
Mrs. G. tashua. arcs wetmore ave
Mrs. n. NJ. Bennstt. 1913 wstmors
ave. II. AaEee. jswsiar. 1915 Hewitt
ave- and w. 3. Guy Motor Sales
company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Everett Woman in
Legislative Race

EVERETT. May is.--Ars. Harry
John Miller. prominent club and so
ciety woman OF Everett will file on
the republican ticket for the. leglsla.
turs in this district.
Marvin w. Smith. secretary Of tbs
Everett port commission, has an.
nounced his candidacy for stats sen
ator.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Children Entertain
Hospital Patients

Happy children from Georgetown
school added considerably 10 the Ma.
aionsi Hospital day observation at
'sYhs King County hospital Friday.
The youngsters. 500 in number. en-
Afertained the patients and guests
with a Maypoie dance and the sing.
ing OF patriotic songs on the hospital
lawn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Home Brew


tStarts on Page u
Homer Brew, Jr., win celebrate
tho occasion by washing his
neck.
why IN n hen innmortsl7- queries
a Contrib, and then answers: BE.
cause her son never sets"
A filtration on a golf course has
nothing to do with the mssbia. Hor.
tense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
PRoF. CLAUDE MADDEN.

Fhuf. tI<ftDE MADDES, local
musical composer, will speak satur-
day night at the Fine Arts Society
gallery under the auspices OF the So
attic Auxiliary 70 Cultural Arts, on
The Effect Of Landscape ON the
Creative Mind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

A mothers love endurcs thru all.
w ashington Irving.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
CHEMICAL IS
B|CFACTOR IN
YOUR WASHING
To Get Best Results With Your
Electric Machine Find
Right Type.

Most housewives have distrust
of chemicals" 1t is a common un-
derstanding that they ''eat" the
clothes, roughen the skin. fade colors.
and play havoc with decorations Oh
fine china. -
But chemicals are like people--they
may be gentle or brutal, they may
do useful woCk or be destructive. a
chemical like prussic acid burns ana
destroys all II touches. A drug IKE
iodine is healing. So we must not
fear chemicals as class; rather we
must learn to know their nature.
Soaps and washing compounds are
all chemical compounds. They con.
tain ingredients which cut and eat
and soften greasy dirt SO that water
will dissolve and wash II away. me
problem for the housewife Is TO flnu
a soap or washing solvent that VIII
combine the maximum OF cleaning
efficiency with the minimum OF
harmful effect.
All electric washing machines de-
pend in no small measure Tor tner
success upon the selection OF q
proper washing compound, and II Is
harddly an eXaggeration to say thal
an electric dishwasher may De
positive success or an absolute taliure
according as the right or wrong form
Of soap Is used. a,,io
F'on example, to use an clsc,rN i'
washing machine most successtuily,
we must have hot water-reaiiy not
water. To be on the safest SIDE, we
must use the soap powder the man
ufacturer supplies or recommends
Remember that actual suds are uh,
necessary for cleansing and are naro
to rinse off. What is needed IL an
ash powder which will cut grease.
Dishes covered with eggs s f,ous
mixture, etc. should be first he,n
under cold water. Hot water Dolls
the mixture and makes It suck
closer TO dishes. A good general RUE
is six quarts of hDt water, one
tablespoonful of washing powder ana
six minutes Of electric current with
an additional minute Of rinsing.
The same principles apply 10
electric washing machines. FIND tne
right chemical" for the type OF naro
water in your locality. Then you
will have no complaint to make ABOUT
streaky linens and grayed ciothes'
The Washington times., 1922-07-24

bells and run elevators, motors which
aid in the manufacture of steel, Of
shoes, hatpins, almost any product
one might mention. 1t would be
hard to imagine what we would do
without them. ~
In industry electric motors were
first Installed by repiacing the steam
engine or other prime mover by the
single large motor. Later the power
system was broken up into groups.
One motor was Installed in each
building, or on. each floor, and then
at length we came TO the convenient
"buIlI-In," individual drive, with the
motor designed as an integral part OF
The machine. This does away with
much complicated betting, chains,
and shaftlng. 1t PROVIDES clean
power In dependable form, easily
adapted to u great variety OF pun
poses. The electrical genie, in lact,
proves TO be a most willing and
obliging servant in almost amy de-
parlment of life, relieving US hu-
mans of untold toll.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
Modern Housewife
Finds New Use
For Lights

$50 many little things about
Sthe electrical service of the
home loom so large in comfort
value" said the wife of an
electrical man recently, "that
they deserve special attention
from the housewife. Men are
likely to overlook them. In
significant trifles to the male
mind, / suppose, but / notice
that husbands enjoy their con-
venience when they are in
stalled just as much as anyone
else does"
Here is her list of few of
these essential details:
3 Dim night lights for nursery,
bath, sick room.
Ten-watt lights for dark pas
sageways, closets, basement and
attic corners.
An outside switch for the
porch light, a convenience
when coming home late at
night.
A pilot light or electric buzz-
erto indicate whether the base
ment light has bee left on.
Radium markers for all wall
switches and pull chains on
lights to guide one after dark.
An illuminated house num-
ber.
Extra Dashboard and wall
outlets in each room for the
use of the various electrical
household appliances.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
POWER SYSTEM
PUTS IN GROUP
FOR BIC MOTOR
Smallest Toasts Bread, While
: Largest Runs
Ship.

Imagine twelve and half million
horses drawing loads, turning tread.
mills, tugging and pulling and haul
ing. That is approximately the
amount OF power represented by the
electric motors in use in the United
States today, according to II. c.
Hill, motor specialist.
The tiniest electric motor, Mr.. Hill
says, is the little four and one.half
ounce one which turns the, current
on and off the electric range when
milady spends the afternoon at the
matinee. The largest, equivalent to
more than forty-five billion of these.
is the motor which drives a ship.
Between the two extremes are the
motors of every variety of size and
purpose which perform an infinite
number of tasks of everyday life,
motors which sweep and sew and
wash in the home, motors which add
and subtract in offices. which ring
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
SYSTEM (
Of VENTILATION
PUT IN KITCHEN
Ruffled Cook Becomes Gra-
cious Again With Fresh
Air Supply.

Hot days. hot stove, hot kitchen,
hot cook-what a combination! II
seems unbearable, with mingling
odors of fish, cheese. and the never
escapable onion to complicate the
atmosphere. How shall ! live
through the summer"
Thus the normally calm and se-
date Lucy, ruffled to the point of
evaporation after a morning spent
over the range.
And II isn't only summertime
that the problem of how to regulate
the kitchen bothers me-" she went
on, settling further into her mood
of dependency. winters I'm
caught between the Scylla of too
much cold draught from open win.
dows, and the Charbydis of a stuffy
also permeate the rest of the house.
way to control the atmosphere. but
l don't seem to be able to discover
it,"
Jack looked up with a vaguely
troubled air and muttered something
Immediately lost again In his news.
paper article, oblivious. apparently,
OF the real importanance Of this
household crisis. Lucy gathered up
the luncheon things in silence.
That evening. however, the hus
band man surprised her. The chill.
dren off to bed, he laid aside his
book, Luce" he said, you know
we recently installed p new system
at the office-ventilating. Big cleo.
trio fans, ventilating fans, set in a
couple Of windows, draw the bad air
out, mighty effective. Everybody
has more pep the last few weeks.
Fresh air, oxygen, ozone, whatever
1t is-gives you new life.
Mighty effective" he repeated.
And then. Perhaps that's what you
need in the kitchen. Thinking abou'
what you said this noon.'
Which Of course meant a delighted.
exclamation from Lucy, and then
serious consultation over why and
how II should be done.
Now the upper pane Of one OF the
kitchen windows holds an electric
whirligig. The cooking odors vanish
as il by magic. The air is comforta
BILE and fresh in summer and in win
ter as well. Lucy comes to her
meals now with zest, instead OF the
usual indifference of the cook fol-
the product of her own range. JacE
can have onions and cauliflower a:
much as he likes and no ones fasti
dious nostrils are offended. Curtains
| and hangings throughout the rooms
! make fewer trips to the cleaners fol
the greasy smoke is gone which usec
to sift through the house inevitably
And the cost? About cents day
this careful housewife computes 1t
with the fan in use perhaps an houl
at each meal-time. More thai
worth IT," says Jack and Lucy
More than worth 1t for the com
| fort value alone"
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
b. LooDHoUNDS UTILIZED
IN VIRGINIA MAN-cHASE

NORFOLK, Va, July 24.-Large
numbers Of citizens and police Of.
ficers Of the surrounding counties,
using bloodhounds. are still on the
trail OF James Chambers, a negro,
who early Sunday morning shot and
killed Cary D. Freeman and H. H.
Fisher, prohibition operatives. at.
tached to the local office, while the
latter were attempting a raid on
Chambers-home.
Freeman and Fisher were killed
when they, accompanied by five
other prohibition agents, went to the
negro's home to search for a still.
When the seven dry agents went
into the house to effect the raid they
were met by a volley Of shots from
Chambers, killing Freeman and
Fisher instantly.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
ND. ROADS COMMISSION
BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT

HYATTsVILLE. Md, July "a
The Maryland State, Roads Commits.
sion is guilty Of criminal negli.
gence" in the death Of Cecil Rice. OF
Baltimore, who died as a result OF
injuries received when his motor car
plunged into a gully on the Wash.
ington- Baltimore boulevard in North
Hyattsville, June IA.
This. in substance. is the verdict
arrived at by a coroner's jury, pre-
sided over by Justice Of the Peace
Herbert J. Moffatt, acting coroner.
The jury held that the State Roads
Commission was "criminally negli.
gent" in that II maintained the sec.
tion of the highway where the acct
dent occurred in an unsafe and un-
guarded condition. John Fainter
was foreman Of the coroner's jury.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
HAMBURG LINE WILL
REIMBURSE PASSENGERS

The Hamburg. American Steam
ship Company will voluntarily settle
about s1,o00.0oo in claims filed
against II by persons who bought
tickets for passage on the companv's s
vessels, but which were not used he.
cause the Government seized the
shins, II was learned here today.
The Alien Property Custodian has
10000 Of the claims on file, repro.
senting demands for refunds In vary.
ing sums. The Individual claims
range from SEQ to 500. Counsel FOR
the company have arranged with the
government to settle without further
controversy, and the government is
advising claimants to communicate
directly with the company.