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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
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UNFOLDING the theory OF municipal
power development thru testimony
Of the skagit system and the results
obtained In Seattle. Tacoma. Ellcua
burg and other cities on tho coast
outside Washington. J. ID. Ross. Bu.
pcrintendent Of the Seattle light dc.
partmcnt. Is credited In Aberdeen to
day with being one Of the important
factors In the election NJ Aberdeen
Saturday in which TINT city voted.
1889 TO s22. TO carry out the pro-
posed development OF the wynooche
hydro-clectric and water project
there. Ross addressed thronE OF
people at Aberdeen Friday night on
the eve OF tho election, which ended
one OF the hottest fights in the his.
tory Of Aberdeen local elections.
Experts estimate that the Wy
nooche will develop $4,000 horzepow.
or and Ross declared In his Seattle
office Monday that eventually Seattle.
Tacoma and Aberdeen and other
cities in this section win be linked
into one super system by extending
the present link 30 miles from Lake
cushman 10 Aberdeen. completing a
300.mile chain.
Both the opposing and approving
forces exerted every effort 10 present
arguments to Aberdeen voters Ross
address featured proofs he submitted
from Seattle. Los Angeles and other
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
DISCARDS STOMACH
PUMP AFTER 20
YEARS

This amazing story OF rapid re.
covery was told by Mrs. Mary A.
Linton. 937 California St, Long
Beach, Calf, whose condition had
become so serious as a result OF
nervous indigestion that she was
compelled to use a stomach pump
to gain relief.
Having suffered for 40 years
with what the doctors termed ner.
vous indigestion, so badly that /
was compelled to use n stomach
pump for the past 20 years. l Just
wanted to tell you that after using
your Alvita Tablets for two weeks
u am entirely relieved Of this
troublo-and cannot recommend
your products too highly TO suffer.
ing humanity such as ! was"
Alyita is the recent scientific dis.
covcry which brings lime, iron and
phosphates 60 you in n vegetable
form II Is prepared from the deep.
rooted alfalfa plant in highly con-
ccntrated tablets, No matter IL you
have tried many remedies, try this
remedy of Nature now. A dollar
buys n box OF any drug store.-Ad.
vertiscment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
SUICIDE HERE
STARTS PROBE
Check Correspondence OF
State Examiner

State Auditor c, w. ClauScn
Monday morning announced his dc,
termination 20 investigate certain
correspondents believed 10 have
passed between w. $. shanks. a
state examiner and II, l.. Titus.
formerly city clerk OF Ellenssurg,
Who killed himself at his Seattle
residence. bsos Stone way, Satur.
day, when arrested ON a charge OF
forgery shanks was reported out
Of town In Olympia and tho bureau
pf municipal corporations dlscaimed
knowledge OF his whereabouts. nc,
corl,ng TO reports Sunday.
Tho purpose OF thu correspond.
cncc. already uncovered. was ap.
parontly- 10 fix dates. agreeable 10
both. when shanks might examine
the Ellenshurg accounts. Titus was
arrested by Detective Don NJ,
Blaine on charges OF padding tho
payrolis while city clerk OF k.tiens.
burg. Hc excused himself TO bid
farewell TO HIS family. stepped into
another room and sent a bullet thru
his brain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Sheik Ambition Is
Downfall of Youth

TACOMA, Dec. 3.-The ambition
to be a favored sheik among his girl
associates at high school led to the
downfall OF n 16-year-old youth. who
has been arrested for passing a mum.
Der Of worthless checks on Tacoma
merchants. The lad, whose name is
withheld by Juvenile authorities.
spent the money he obtained on
candy and other presents for the
girls who interested him.
err about two weeks ago. who was
reluctant to accept II and did so
only after shown the Sweet bill.
by which he was convinced that
the money should be his. lie said
he did not feel lie was entitled to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Veronica
Helps McGrath

c. Il. McGralh. OF the McGrath
Hardware Co, Is n busy merchant in
Hastings, Neb.. who says: During
tho past year | have used Veronica
water for constipation and its at.
tendant Ills. Previously. for a long
period, I used all sorts Of laxntivos,
neither one OF which, at best, gave
more than temporary relief. Ny
trouble was gradually becoming moro
complicated and more stubborn TO
handle with the different remedies
which I used. / have found Veronica
water actually does the work in the
syatom Just as represented, and no
bad after effects. II gives me pleas.
IRE TO recommend this wonderful
water TO all who may be suffering
with intestinal troubles
Veronica Is n natural mineral water.
Thousands have found that Veronica
affords almost miraculous relief from
chronic constipation. indigestion.
rheumatism. kidney and bladder
troubles. and other stomach disorders.
a big. generous 1.3-gallon bottle at
your druggists, seycnty.five cents.
Veronica Water
A av4t-es,,nrl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
EVIDENCE AGAINST HALL
NOT ENOUGH TO CONVICT

The mere fact that tho murder
gun was found in Jack Halls room
wouldn't convict him in court. nitho
II would be an important link in
the evidence, OF course.
Before am thru. however. !
hope 70 DO able 10 pin this orinc
down. by cIrcumstantial evidence
alone. in such n way that tho man
viii be unable 10 extricate himself
Dozens OF men have been convicted
on Just such evidence.
'In the morning hope to be
able 70 give you some word about
the stains that / found on the
clothes OF two OF your reporters.
And. by the way. did tell
you what Il was ] picked out or
Browns WASTE basket on the morn.
ing OF the murder? IL wus Jag.
ged section Of letter. written In
long hand. There were only
few words on It in two incompleted
lines. And no trace in the basket
OF the rest OF the letter. Maybe
it means nothing in this case. but
in one line were the words. III
you do" and on the line following
will get" Jagged tearing had
obscured the rest.
I'VE make Il a rule 70 pass up
nothing, 30 Just on the chance that
this might have some connection.
you will remember that I got three
samples OF every staff members
handwriting yesterday. And each
line he wrote contains the phrase
will get" a man might be able
70 disguise his writing once, but
in three trials. he's bound 10 slip
somewhere. As soon as I get around
70 II, III analyze this writing. That's
likely 70 play an important part
We'll. I'm off See you tomorrow
See Tuesdays star for more
Developments IN Luke Mays
man hunt for tho man who
committed Tho Star murdcrl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Daugherty Urges
Pardon for Craig

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.--Attornoy
General Daughcrty has recommend.
ed that President Coolidge pardon
Charles l.. Craig. comptroller OF the
city Of New York, II was learned on
high authority today.
a formal pardon for Craig has
been prepared by Daugherty for
President Coolidge 10 sign or disap.
prove. II viii DO sent TO the white
House within two or three hours.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MURDER
STARTS ON PAGE 1

Savage gun in John Nelson's desk.
And that I told you then that
didn't think either ono OF these
guns had fired the bullet that
Killed Reporter Brownl
Il knew from tho markings on
the murder bullet found In the
wall that It had como from n Saw.
age and not Colt gun. And Il
was logical 90 assume that o muir.
derer' who was clever enough 10
use the Colt gun as blind would
DO clever enough 70 take his own
murder weapon away with him,
so this morning. following the
Instructions Of Tho Star 90 go the
limit In gathering evidence. got
the home addresses Of the six cdi,
torial employees who carried keys
TO the building and. going TO their
houses, searched their rooms. 10
dresser drawer 10 the room OF one
JACK HAIL found q Savage 3.
pistol.
while making the rounds. / also
,sked to ha shown the clothes OF
he six men. and on tho suits OF
two / found stains that look as
tho they may have been made by
blood. I brought those clothes back.
and my laboratory assistants nru
testing the stains.
THE Star HAD asked emo OF its
men TO put few stains Of human
blood on his coat as clue. but
where TWO sets OF stains came
from Is q mystery even 20 The
Star.l
Tho important part about this
find" May continued. ''was tho fact
that enc Of the two stained suits
belonged 10 Jack Hail."
But what about tho sun. Mr..
Mayo we asked hlrn.
TN coming 10 that no re-
piled. II got evidence this morning
evidence that has held In court
in dozen similar cases. that the
bullet that Killed Brown was fired
from the same gin that l found
in Halls room.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
900 DEATH TOLL
IN ITALY FLOOD
Water Wreaks Havoc After
Dixie Breaks

BERGAMo. Italy. Dec. a. Six
hundred dead Is the latest toll OF tho
flood from Gleno lake. when n great
dixie collapsed Saturday. The flood
swept over hills and down valleys
and devastated three villages and
desolated 80 square miles of the
country for n distance Of is miles to
Lake Iseo. which checked the spread
ing waters.
There Is great fear among the sur.
vivora Of other dams breaking. OF
tho 500 inhabitants Of Dezzo. only
three are known 10 have escaped the
deluse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
IS PRISONERS
MAKE ESCAPE!
Posses From Kansas Peni-
Tertiary Hunt FugitiveS

LANSING. Kan, Dec. "a
clean getaway has been made by
III prisoners who escaped from
the Kansas state prison here
Sunday. officials admitted today.
Posses and bloodhounds have
followed 10 the end every possi'
bio trail and trace Of the fugl.
tivcs from the prison without
result.
A dense woods olght miles from
Loavenworth where u group OF the
convcts was believed surrounded
was secured. but the prisoners were
not found.
Tho 10 prisoners escaped by bur
rowing thru an abandoned tunnel.
Turnout tho night 100 guards d.
reoted the operations OF citizens
posses. which tracked the fugltivca
along tho river bottoms toward rail
road tracks.
The escape was carried ont while
tho 1000 prisoners In tho institution
enjoyed their Sunday liberty.
The delivery was not discovered
until moro than an hour after the
men wero outside tho prison walls
when tho convicts sat down for
supper. Is vacant plaeas were no
ticod. An investigation showed that
the missing prisoners had cut o
hole in tho wall OF tho power house
burrowed thru five feet OF dirt "a
tho entrance OF an abandoned tun-
mel. 10 by i6 inchea
Thru this narrow hole. half filled
with mud and slime. tho men
worked their way 10 liberty.
A general alarm was sounded
Powerful searchiights from thu
prison trucks were turned upon
tho uuderbrush along the river,
Bioodhounds haycd as they followed
tho fresh trail.
Discarded prison garb was found
AT the end OF ths tunnel whore II
einpties into small creek. indlcnt-
Ing tho men found civilian clothes
waiting. Authorities aaid tho men
had apparently been given outside
aid.
Tracks showed the convfc,s had
divided into two groups one ut
tempting 20 make It's way toward
Kansas City and tho other toward
Leavcnworth.
Warden a. V. Anderson believes
tho escape was planned and direct
ed by Frank G. Castro. n ono-eyei
half-brced Indian serving his sec.
ond term for robbery. Castro was
a prisoner 30 years ago. when n
new tunnel was built and tho old
emo abandoned All prison officials
had forgotten tho existence OF tho
old tunnel and mono OF tho prison
charts or maps allowed H. How
ever. Castro knew exactly where
II started and by hurrowing thru
the power house concrete walls. he
created an avenue OF escape.
Most Of tho men who escaped
wcro serving terms OF from 10 10
20 years for robbery.
EUGENE. Ore. Dec. 5,--six pris.
oners escaped from tho Lane coun.
~ jali AZ o'clock this morning bS.
digging hole thru the brick wall OF
tho antique structure. Fourteen
other prisoners remained behind and
called gu, OF the window NJ n paSscr.
by about Z o'clock this morning TO
have him tell tho sheriff part OF HIS
guests wcro gone.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Probe Marriage of
Boy to Woman of so

JERSEY cry. N. J.. Dec. g.
Legal investigation into the sole
marriage OF Mrs. Susan o. Simpson
to Burton S. Tucker was TO start 10.
day.
Assistant District Attorney McAfa.
hon expected TO examine witnesses
during tho day TO find out what be.
came OF Sis the boy. son OF Joseph
Tucker. postmaster OF South Essex.
Mass said he paid in connection
with obtaining license TO mnrry tho
New York woman, so. reputed to be
worth more than $1,000. 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Four Are Drowned
in Airplane Crash

cHERBoURG. Dec. 3.--Four
members Of crew OF eight naval
officers were drowned when hydro
plano Of the French navy became un.
manageable and dropped into the sea
near here yesterday. The other men
were saved.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Milwaukee Men to
Return to Shops

TACOMA. Dec. 3.-Return Of !. 800
workmen Monday 10 their occupa.
tlons. after nearly months layoff.
was heralded here Sunday by an.
nouncement OF J. A. Wright. master
mechanic of the Tacoma shops of the
Chicngo-Milwaukee railway. The
shutdown was OF indefinite length.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03

cities and was not made on the basis
Of selling power from tho skagit
project here TO Aberdeen. he as,
serted.
we aren't trying 70 sell sknEit 10
these other citioa.s he said. I'VE
want to clean up politics thru rnu.
nicipai ownership and In Seattle. tn.
coma and Ellenaburg we have dem.
oustrated It's efficacy. They may dc.
yeiop their own systems and II they
need aid they can obtain II here.
Bclllnghnm. believe, win be the
next city to fall in line. There Is a
mighty fight going on over there"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Youth Is Killed !
on Hunting Trip

HoQUIAM. Dec 3.-Earling Mar.
cussen. IL. was shot to death here
yesterday when a gun was accident
ally discharged as the youth was
climbing out of a boat. aiarcussen
and another youth. Albert NARROW.
were hunting in the marshes about
three miles from Hoquiam.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
CAN TELL FROM SHELL
WHAT Gun FIRED IT

You see. II Is possible. With the
aid OF microscope. TO tell either
from a bullet or from tho elected
shell not only what kind OF a gun
Il was fired from but also 10 ae-
lee, the one particular gun used
from any number OF Weapons Of
the same make and caiiber.
How? Wei, take tho she'll for
example. when a bullet Ia fired
from a cartridge, n tremendous
pressure Is exerted asainst the walls
Of the she'll. The walls Of the
shell, in turn. are pressed against
the walls OF the chamber Of the
weapon by the force OF tho cx-
ploding gas. and. acting as they
would when pressed against a steel
die. they become marked with all
the imperfections that exist in the
chamber OF the gun.
1T is impossible for manufactur-
ers TO make two guns exactly alike.
when the tool marks OF tho cham
beers are observed under power
ful microscope, 30 you can SEQ
that no two guns. even OF the
same make. would mark n she'll
exactly alike. Bullets too, arc
affected in the same way. and
bear the marks Of tho rifllnr In
the barrels OF the weapons from
which they came.
The extractor and the eIecsor
Of various makes OF gun make dif.
ferent kinds Of marks on the shell.
and 80 when ] picked up the elected
shell from the floor OF the murder
room ] saw at a glance that Il
had been fired from a Savage and
not from the Colt that laid nearby.
And yet the she'll srnelled OF pow.
der-it had been used only "a short
time before.
Then 1 dug the murder bullet
out OF the woodwork. knew n
to be from the murder gun, be.
cause inbedded in the lead nose
the microscope showed me Hevera1
small strands OF cloth fibre thaf
coTesponded with the fibre Of tho
suit that the dummy was wearing
when the bullet was fired and that
Brown had on when I arrived
You'll find that n lead bullet In.
varably will do that.
u tested out, by firing, both tho
Savage gun / found in the desk
at the office and the one I found
this morning in Halls room. Sew.
eral imperfection marks in both
bullet and shell stood out in the
test Of Nelson's gun that we're az.
ferent from those on the murder
bullet while the bullet fired thru
the gun found in Halls room cor.
responded exactly with that from
the murder gun
These bullet tests have 10 be
made under the mlcroscope q,
course Here" and May brought
out Of his pocket two enlarged
microscopic photos Of buIlets-"aro
pictures that win show you how
knew the shell we found on Tho
toor didn't belong in Homer Brew
Colt gun that was also found tbere
ron see the picture Of tho murder
bullet on the right7 Notice m.
long vertical lines on ~ They arc /
me grooves caused by the contact
with tho rifl!ng In tbe barrel ~
me gun when the bullet pssse~
thru. See how they slant N M
,lshtl fou'n Gnd those lines slant. |
Ing right on every bullet from a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
FREEp FROM ana rnnrr

FREED FROM tho snarcs of
Satan. and seeking 10 remain so.
people Join the church and share
their liberty with others, II was de.
clared by Rev. Honor J.. wIlholm,
pastor OF Ballard Presbyterian
church. speaking yesterday morning
on the theme, why People Join
the Church."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03

II, having been in the service only
a short time. He decided later not
to keep the money and concluded
by returning 1t to the veterans
bureau.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03

Are you looking for a home to
rent or buy? Turn TO the Want
Ad columns and they viii help YOU
find ono quickly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03

Savage pistoi7 And the ono on the
left? That's n bullet from Brew's
Colt that I fired into n testing
block we have. Notice the mark
ings on this, bullet--how the grooves
caused by the rifling OF tho barrel
slant to the left, anti olockwise?
That's alwnya true Of Colt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
CONGRESS
STARTS ON PAGE 1

tompore Of tho senate. called thni
body to order.
Senator Lodge moved that %
new and reelected members he
sworn in and the oath was asserted
by Cummlns.
Adjournment was taken upon
adoption OF n resolution expressing
tho senate's sorrow at the death
Of Senators knute Nelson. Mime
sofa. Nicholson. Colorado. and Dill
ingham. Vermont.
In his prayer opening the session
Of tho senate. Rev !. J. Muir,
chaplain, asked for tho blessing Of
God upon Mrs. Florence Harding,
widow of the late president
All eyes in the gallery were TO-
cused down on Senator Magnus
Johnson. Minnesota. who sat Mt his
desk at the extreme right OF the re.
publican side. Next TO Johnson sat
Senator Laid, North Dakota. and
they conyersed in low tones.
Senator Hiram Johnson, who re.
Gently announced his candidacy for
the presidency. walked around among
tho republicans. meeting everyone
Just before the gavel fell.
Senator In Toilette. who holds tho
dlctatorial balance OF power in this
senate. was absent When his name
was called Senator Benroot an
nounced La Toilette was absent be-
cause OF illness.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Senator
Joe Robinson. Of Arkansas. was
chosen floor leader by the senate
democratic caucus today. Robinson
succeeds Senator Underwood. OF Ala
bama, who declined 10 accept tho
leadership again because Of his
health and the arduous duties which
the Job entails.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-03
Veronica Water

EAdvertiscment.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-08-23
NEW INVENTION
TO BE SHOWN
. IN JULESBURG

Much comment has been going the
rounds of Agricultural papers regard
ing the Moline Uni-tiller and some
have wondered what it was. Men who
have spent their lives in designing
many of the best implements on the
American farms have designed and
made the Uni-tiller and they regard
it as the greatest advance in farm
equipment since the invention of the
self-binder.
This wonderful tool is to be demon
strated together with the Fordson
Tractor and the Trailmobile, on We'd
nesday afternoon, August 29th, on the
plot of ground just west of the tour
ist camp ground in Julesburg.
There will be chance to see the
Uni-tiller operate as single plow or
a gang plow, right hand or left
hand plow or both right and left to-
gether as a single row lister or dou-
Bile row lister, lister that will plant
corn in rows one foot or six feet apart;
a chance to see it as spring tooth
cultivator, summer cul.ivator or a
ridgebuster and in various other uses.
This demonstration is to be in
charge of skilled operators from the
Ford and Moline companies and the
afternoon promises to be real treat.
Anyone interested in good farming
and methods of reducing farming costs
will surely enjoy this opportunity of
seeing fully demonstrated this new in
vention that promises so much.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-08-23
JULESBURG GRADE
SCHOOL TOOPEN
MONDAY, SEPT. 3

The Julesburg Grade School will
open for the 1923-24 term on Monday,
September 3rd. Miss Alice Doner, the
efficient Principal last year, will again
be in charge as Principal this year.
She will be assisted by good corps
of teachers. On account of a number
of rumors afloat in the community
in regard to the fire escape facilities
at the school building, Secretary Fred
Fender of the school board has re-
quested the Grit-Advocate to state
that the board is now making negotia-
tions for the installation of the prop
er fire escape facilities to comply with
the fire regulations.
Following is the list Of teachers who
will comprise the Grade School facul-
ty this year:
Principal-Miss Alice Doner; 9Th
grade-Mrs. C. V. Parker; 7th grade
King: 9Th grade-Miss Edyth
Weston; 9Th grade-Miss Grace We'll
er; 4th grade-Miss Frances Farrell;
3rd grade-Miss Eva Hiatt; End
grade-Miss Marvel Corpe; 1st grade
Misses Mary Zorn and Ruth John
son.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-08-23

no more get along without them than
any other kind of marketing. Under
our form of commerce, middle-men
are needed to distribute products to
consumers. Except in very few cas-
es. an individual farmer is unable to
sell his stuff direct to the consumer.
Someone once said that the differ
ence between farmer and a middle
man is that farmers raise most ev-
erything while middle-men raise
nothing but the price. The cooperat-
i've plan will tend to change these
conditions by making the middle-man
system service system instead of a
profit system.
AS long as the middle-man system
is a profit system, there are bound to
be dips and rises in the market.
When it becomes service system,
and the middle-men are paid for SER
vices primarily, the market will be-
come more stabilized.
The turning of the mddle-man sys-
tenn from profit proposition to a
service deal will save the farmer con-
siderable money. The amount, how
ever. will be but small percentage
OF what he will make through the or
derly marketing of his products.
Another mistaken idea of cooperat-
i've selling is that it is holding
movement and that the years supply
of grain is held until the market hits
the high spot and is then sold.
The holding part of the cooperat-
live move extends only to the point of
not flooding the market by an over
supply. Instead of selling a years
supply of grain in one or two months,
the grain is fed to the market at the
rate of about one-twelfth each month.
That keeps the demand up all the
time, and the price as you know fol-
lows demand.
There is no gambling in coopera-
tive marketing. One-twelfth of the
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