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%By 10,000 Plurality The Star Is Daily Elected Seattle's Favorite Paper 'DEATH JEST' IN MAHONEY CASE VOLUME 23 home Brew ■ Qnrthr! Didje notice that ■ t| »■>»■> I Ml and the cabaret H Mmm tin Dp tagfttMr in I Mm eHy caancO? ■• • • W ft appear* that Sir Thotnaa Upton L may rtdt Seattle to witness _ Th« Wk)r(U«r " Am further proof of the of Ui* editor of Horn* Hit*, aad before any other editor Of It, thla her* colyumn here Mm MOTr publicly Invites Sir Tommy I it W midst. \V« hope six mayor* | Hri 14 lieutenant governors Join In i |ha Invitation, even ir ha decld'i he |Nlt cotnc this year. It doesn't cost Bmek for one letter or one telegram. I FRATVRKM NOW I DISTIM.I ISH VHIJ? ■ Ibxlco wants to be recognlard. we Hm by the prints. She may sot be behind the ear*, but *he washes ■Mr fac«. she claims. I OCR HAIX or FUR KflMa a day In June, the poet asked. I Oik What—oh. what is rarer* I tt'« the veto* of Chief Elk Hoffman. I boys: | TMV hear htm la "The Way ucraovKD it p make a speech." he saM. L Am ft* twiddled hla thumbs and Mtatehed hla head: JkMt mm y (tabbed hla talk. for w e l»» told tka truth. "Omr Reeve* baa f/IMM (h* LMk farm, and plana to u lUm eata thla summer * Luck to f- M Oaoar; but, whatever ya do. be InORBORA! "JmMM «r rockln* the baby, he l»afet Ms rrenUiiri! ahak.lnc the «him mr." im. o. d. or*y. ot , fIUI nil* n Cal.. who ha* brought aHtt tor Hwitt againat her husband. MUCK RKUXPt k WMml nil I ■tripper. Arnold** " Omr Mora, N. Broadway reru. s iA,tar«L yfr*ww THE DRIVER Ht triad to walk scroaa the street Wftk Mb legs, light hie pipe with his IgMda *W) mouth, nee a pretty Kir! L Ma eyes, and think about hla ar- MfcM with his brain, all at one and time. And now be ain't. ■U adwlW claim* to hare dlixwv ■fed that blonde* lack the mental ae- Kea usually poaaee.i'-d by brunetn. Ifirom which wa caihr that «aid Mlentlst has a blonde atenoirrapher J*M a brunet wlto—and the wife has f Jaat gotten wise to the fact. e e • the slacker IDa fond heart uaed to il*ti tor her. |®e told her he would die for her. f Bat 'twaa a big mmt^ke; *fter ahe became a wife to him. And since she - * tied for life to him. f Ha will not eat her cake. |• • • rBOORESS If 10 fe*Wbera are you going. my pretty maid?" IWm going a-mnklne. air." ahe aald. Ipitay I go with you. my pretty If maldT* |WK«b Clr! We're not Introduced." ahe |V aald. ■ mi ■piar. Md! Where are you blowing I today V wWQ* dance, you boob! Don't yt»u s** lr **r r Uf|> i bang oa while yon tcrpsi- BP chare?" VBieak In! Oat wise! Don't aak any I more?* DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE Too can save a hand some sum of money if joa will make up your mind to do your buying thro the ads in The Star. Make up your mind right now to try it out You'll b« astonished at lie way the savings will count up. J*. best offerings of "cattle's best stores ap ear regularly in The itar. Weather Tonight and Wednesday, probably showers; mod erate S. W\ winds, Tftmpmtnrr lital ? I llrnir* Maximum. 7S, Minimum, 41. Today noon. CO. BOY, 11, PLACED ON TRIAL AS MURDERER FAST MAIL WINS RACE WITH DEATH Crack N. P. Train Halted to Save Life of Seattle Doctor's Son The mrk Northern Pacfae fast | mail train won a race with death early Tuesday when It brought I year-old Howard Snively to Seattle in time for modem hospital facili ties to save his life. ' Howard. wh« la tn* *on of Dr. H J. Snively. 1120 21st av*. N. Was dangerously Injured Monday after noon when riding horseback at Prosser. HORSK KTDDBNLT HOLTS Pt>R BARN He was riding -doabletmek* with a playmate when the horse sadden ty bolted for the bant. Thar* waa not sufficient clearance beta*— the horse's back and the. top of the barn door, tils playmate slid off the horse uninjured. bat the Seattle boy waa caught between the horse's back and the top of the door. Hla spine waa bant almost double. With a shriek of pain he fell to the ground. Hasty elamination by hla father led the latter to fear that Howard's back might be broken. There was no way of giving him even a slim fighting chance for life at Proaaer. MEDICAI, NKIIJ, IS RAIJiKO Medical skill waa talked by lack of th* necessary hospital equipment. Dr. Snlvely determined that his •on must be brought to Seattle. The next question was how to bring that about In the shortest possible time. The fast mall, whlrh ordinarily carries ro passengers, was the ftrtrt train thru. Arrangements were made to have It stop and take fath er and son aboard. The train arrived In Seattle at I a. m, Tuesday. An ambulanre waa waiting. It rushed ths boy to Columbus sanitarium. There an X ray examination waa taken. letter In the day Dr. Snlvely told The Star he thought hla boy would poll thru. "He has a fracture of the eighth vertebra." he said, "but he Is rest ing easily, and I think he will come out aJI right." Wreck May Claim a Second Victim P. R. Heard. r,»47 4ld are. H. W , manager of the Waverly Oil com pany. Injured In the auto accident Sunday which cost Miss Blanche Gordon her life, wa* believed to 1# dying Tuesday. The nuto hit a tele phone pole at 104 th at. and Grr*>n wood ave.. and overturned. Otto Lang of the Joseph Mayer Jewelry Co, and If. K. Mil"*. 120S Marlon sL. were alao injured In the accident. ANYBODY SEEN A NICE RED AUTO? A small auto belonging to th« fir* department wan stolen Monday night while standing In front of the residence of E. B. Haight, 4727 JOth ave. N. W. Halght Is a department m« - tonlc. He had fhe car In front of his home ao an to answer emer gency calls. The car wrm painted bright red with gold lettering on the ■ldea. Wife in Murder Trial Collapses BRItXHCPORT, Conn., May 31. Court was forced to recess today he -wine of the collapse of Mrs George K. No't, r.n trial for complicity in the murder of her husband. Mrs. Nott faJ"ted while Daniel O. Kerguson. a friend of her gambler husband, was describing the condi tion of the latter"* body as It lay In a morgue after It was recovered from a swamp where It had been sunk In a trunk. Policeman Captures 4 Safe Blowers CHICAGO, May Hergt. John Hyun early today captured four armed aafe blowers lane handed. The four were ergaged In cracking the safe of the Chicago Typographi cal unloa when Ityaa aurprlacd thctn. The Seattle Star Rntrrrd » Bor«i)d Claaa Matter Mar *. lIJ*. at th« Toatoffw* at fb-attta. Wuh. tinder tha Art of Con*rea» Man hI. 1I7». r«r Tear. br Malt, 15 to |t All in the Same Boat Every Town in State of Washing ton Taxed Twice Too High COMMI NTTT TAX RATI! Hait IVaactsoe _ Ml M lletkeU (3.M Album ur» KnumHaw - :• M TakwUa - MM Heart ...... UM Kkykomkh CI M Heats* »7.1# isagnih .1*7.'.. i .'mrrr! tz mm 8 sal Ms . 1.. TUi TOWNS AND HAMLETS la th# state of Waah ' A ington are paying higher taxes than the great big. rich city of San Francisco. The above figures, with the exception of San Francisco, are taken from the back of King county tax statements /or this year. Every taxpayer re ceived one of these statementii, notifying him of the amount due from him. Every taxpayer can see tho figures for himself. They are official. What do these figures signify? Simply this: The tax disease is not peculiar to Seattle alone. It affects every town and hamlet of this state. Not only do the large cities like Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma pay more than twice the property tax of San Francisco, but small communities, like Kent, BotheH, Issaquah, Tukwila, Entimclaw, Tolt, Auburn, and all the rest of them, ALSO pay twicc the rate. Clearly, ft means that there is something radically wrong in this state, affecting every community in 4 STATE way, and not merely locally. And there IS something radically wrong. It is our tax SYSTEM. The present system allows one billion dollars of wealth to escape untaxed. In Cali fornia, and in most other states, all classes of wealth are taxed. Keep this in mind, Mr. Taxpayer and Mr. Home owner, whether you live in Seattle or in Skykomish, in Auburn or in Kirkland. Make your local officials cut out every ex travagance. Make them strip expenditures to the bone. But don't think your job ends there. It can't end until YOUIi STATE gives you a square deal—gives you an equal footing with home owners in San Francisco. HUGE MOB CLAMORS TO PAY POLL TAX IN CLOSING HOURS Watllng balHes tn th« arms of crowding, pushing, distraught moth er* featured the Uu<t dajr for rolun lary payment of th« poll tax In County Treasurer William A. Gaines' office Tuesday. I.lke a mob that had no leader, thrones of men and women clamored for place In the mass of humanity and tried all too fruitlessly to main tain unbroken lines to the windows where the \t, license fee to live wu being accepted. TIIKASI IIKH APPOINTS SKI.K IMIOKKKKPIJt 4 Karly In the forenoon County Treasurer tlalnes apimlnted himself doorkeeper and perspired In a lalor lou* effort to separate poll era at the door from pentona bent on other business. The line at the door to which poll lax payers had been assigned reach ed far out of the County City build Ing Into the street. Its ranks bad been swelled before the regular open Ing time for the office, and nltbo the cashiers at the windows worked madly, no relief waa realised during the forenoon. Between 9 a. m. and 11 a. m. more than 1,000 persona had paid, bringing the total to H7»0«0 and convincing the nashlera that th# 100,000 mark would be rachnd by the end of the day. Thlfl will leave 40,000 persona to t* apprOAclicd Luc payment by On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1921. agents of the sheriff. who In em powered to seize any personal prop erty sufficient to cover the |6 fee. IIK CAN'T COM.KfT 'KM AIJ- TOMOItIUJW In spite of the furt that the lnw requires the sheriff to begin en forcing payment June 1, no official presumed Tuesday that the Hat of persons whose taxes are unpaid would tie rea<ly to lie turned over to Sheriff Starwlch for somo timo to come. While neither Starwlch nor County Treasurer (ialnns would comment. It was (tenerally understood that the sheriff could not possibly |* supplied with the data on whlrh to begin col lection* for ut. leant two weeks. The unsettled condition of the hnokx, the last in id rush on the laat day were given a.s reasons for this opinion. "I will do my duty under the law," said Starwlch. "Morn than that I cannot say. When the proper In formation la furnished me my agents will begin work." • • • Income Tax Payment Due Before June 15 I )ld you take advantage of the four-payment plan In iwylng your Income tax for IJ2OT He< ond In stallment will tie delinquent after June IS. Already checks are begin ning to flood UUe In com* Las otfio*. HELD FOR SHOOTING PLAYMATE Cecil Burkett Goes on Trial; Townsmen Come to Hie Defense KNOX. Ind.. MAy SI.-The rtate IMjjf demanded U>n life.of an li ve* r old bo jr. Tha trUI ot OH flurkett. charged with the monW of ftann? Hlarln, his 7 >f*r-old pLaymat*. started. It la that • Jury wftl not ba «»ledrt for MitrtJ dar*. Pro-color Jamm A. TMlta charges tha crime vu committed In cold blood and will danvand tha death pen *i«r. (Vft bk brofhar Alfrtt, t. and Pradarlck Bcfatrman, 1. war* pla ring In tha Burnett bark yard last Thank «*1 rln* Itennla Hlartn and Ma HtUa «to trr Clank 1 war* in lha adjoining yard. TVnnla waa ahot and klll»d with a rlfla. The state aaid tha ah noting wa* tha nr-auit of a quarrel. Cecil aaid K wa* arridentaJ. Cltlaens of On, wh»-r* tha ■ hooting ocrurred. ha<ra rallied to Ortl'l da fenae. Thajr raised Jiooon ball, on which ha wax re|«*ee<t ll» has been attending arhool tinea bis playmate waa shot. ftchnol children and paraotawfll be called as wltneewa. Court Guarded at Crime Trial Starts DEDIIAM, Mm* . Mat II.—A cor don of police guarded (ho Itedham district court when Nicola Nurco and lurtholomew Van aril were put on trial for their lives here today. Judge Webster Thayer presided at the trial of the men. who are charged with tha murder of ►"rrtprtrk A. Par men ter. ptjrmuUr for the Plater 4 Morrill Rhoe Co., and Special rolled man Alexander IleradeM, at Bouth Hralntrew, In April, 1126. when the latter were shot to death and a par f*l containing $lll,OOO tdolen. Railway Employes Waiting Wage Cut CHICAGO. Mar It.—Two minion rail employe* were waiting today for tha darlalon of the Cnlled State* rail road labor board, which I* expected to take about 1400,000.000 a year from their pay envelope*. The board announced today that Ita decision would be made public to rn orrow Altho the cut appTlHi to com mon labor. It I* expected decreases will be tnade In the pay of skilled cm ployea aoon. Big pilgrimage TO THE OASIS! Holiday traffic from Seattle to Vancouver broke all records, some 4,000 American automobiles passing thru Blaine Sunday and Monday. Two Caught Toting Moonshine; Arrested John Smith was arrented Monday at Oroham st. and Beacon ave. by Patrolman C. L. Bryant and 49 gal lons of moonshine was seized. Ed Wall, 3817 J4th ave. 8. W„ was arrested st the Hpokane St. dock. Wall, It U charged, was carrying two grips containing 10 quarts of borne brew. TV /TAYBE HE HAD iVA SAMPLED SOME A bottle of Wine of Pepsin. alleged oure for Volsteadltis, was turned In to the lost and found department of the tnuny railway Tuesday, TAX MEETING TO BE HELD AT K. P. HALL FRIDAY EVENING A second meeting of representa tives of various civic and frater nal organisations will be held on the tax question Friday evening. The meeting, culled by tho Knights of PythlM. will be held in the K. P. lodge room. Third ave. and Virginia st. About 40 organizations are ex pected to send representatives. BOY ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE Cecil Burkett, 11, of Ora, Ind., who is on trial at Knox, Ind., on a charge of first degree murder. He denies that he fired the shot which killed Benny Slavin, 7, his plat/mate. His fate will be fn the hands of adult jurors, but all of the im portant witnesses in the case are children of tender years. NEW OFFER FOR HOTEL IS MADE Company Agrees to Turn Back Proposed Site 1 The Metropolitan Building Co Toe May offered to turn over to the board of regents of the University of Washington the site of the pro posed $1,200,000 hotel. The offer wa* mads that the re cnts might sublet the property or back the construction of a hotel themselves. C. D. Stimson, gpeaklng for the Metropolitan Interest*, also declared that the rompany would agree to re place all temporary structures now on the university tract with perma nent buildings before 19,15. The Chamber of Commerce special hotel committee was expected to ank the Chamber's trustees this afternoon to adopt a motion ask ing the regents to reconsider their action In rejecting the Metropolitan Mulldlng company's propoHSl to erect a great hotel on tho university's downtown tract. They will ssk that the Metropoli tan company be given an opportunity to explain the monetary advantages which It Is claimed would accrue to the university from the hotel. Pinned Between Two Autos, Leg Is Broken Carl Falk sustained a broken leg Monday when a machine driven by R. W. Story, Aristo hotel, crashed Into the side of his nuto. which wn* standing at the curb at 12th ave. and Pike st. Falk was Just leaving the car, which Is owned by Fred Austin, of the Austin Mosely Co., when the car driven by Story and owned by L. B. Barbee, 1105 Boylston ave., pin ne<l hlin against the sldo of the ma chine. DIDN'T FORGET BABY, ANYWAY Spring Is here! (Yet ) A brand new baby carriage was found on a Ballard car Tuesday. Sues for $1,030 for Loss of Coat For a fur coat that was lost Lillian Swinburne is suing Carl R. Lofstol. da lining $1,030 damages In Judge Daniel H. Carey's court. She saj-s she left the garment Lu sloruia, vj™ Slate J| EDITION FAMILIES FLEE RUSH OF FLOOD Millions' Worth of Property Threatened KALAMA. May Sl.—More than 110.000 acre* of farm land. valoed at <3.500.000, and a diking system esti mated at (1,000.000 to build are in danger as a result of the Columbia river dike in district No. 5. near here, going out late last nlplit. Oangs of men. forming emergency crews, are at work protecting dikes still standing and attempting to stem the flow of water Into district No. 11. which Is being seriously threatened. The dike which gave way before the weight of the swollen Columbia last night cost 5350.000 to construct. The pumping station In district No. 5 Is a complete lons. O. C. Han ■on. In charge of the station, fled be fore the watrr In a row boat and helped spread the alarm late In the night which caused ranchers to de sert their homes and flee In automo biles to higher ground. The damage already done to crops Is estimated at 1100,000, with nearly 7.000 acres under water. Little stock has been lost, most of the animals having sought knolls when the wa ter began to rise. These are being transferred to safe pastures as rapid ly as possible. Several hundred men are working on the dikes and are en gaged In transferring Isolated fami lies. live stock and household goods to safe distances. An emergency crew Is at work pro tecting the Northern Pacific main line tracks between Kalama and Woodland from flood damage. If the water continues to rise, the road bed In this section will be seriously threatened. Gives $3 to Aid Jobless Veteran C. C. Center, oversea* veteran, will be able now to T>uy another sup ply of milk fur his huhy. Barney B. Lustlg of the Northwestern Drug company, has sent The Star a check for ti to be delivered to Center. Lustlg's generosity Is the result of hta reading The Star's story of how Center, unemployed and out of fund*, had ticon charged with petit larceny for forging a J.l check to obtain food for his starving child. The charge was dismissed h>" Justice of the Peace C. C. Dalton when Deputy Sheriff William Downey Attorney Atwood A. Klrby and Attorney J. J. Sullivan contributed $1 cach to make tii* check good. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE JOKE OVER EXPECTED FATE TOLD TO POLICE Police Claim to Know Aged Bride Didn't Leave on Train Mahoney Says Tha old woman thinks this iff going to b« her wedding trip- Bat Ha! It's going to be her funeral march." Thla wlttidam. altered to haw been uttered several days before Mrs. Kate Mahoney, wealthy aged bride, was to have left Seattle April It, on her supposed honeymoon tc St, Paul, has been related to the policy It was learned today, by a peraoa who claims to have overheard it. « JKST SPOKKN IX MRK MA HONEY'S HOTEL, The Jest Is said to hare been spoken In the New Maker hotel. JtST Klrst are., one of the plaeea owned by Mrs. Mahoney, over which hep ei-convlct bridegroom. James E. Ma honey. obtained power of attorney., Mahoney's mother and slater ara now operating the Now Baker. It was thla alleged remark. aaC others related by the aune Informer,' which convince the poitoe, it is said, that Mrs. Mahoney's death waacf liberate) y plotted. The Informer's nana la bates art £■ held. Ho la the mat at the aOst eonranatlan be sin liaai'fl. on ground that the Jury should hoar ill before It becomea public lnfati ja, tlon. 11l TWO I> ITERS NOW SEARCH FOR TRTNK Two divers are now aearrMng the lake bottom for the mystery trunk. Another wan put on the Job Tuesday. Capt. of Detectives Tennant and Dep uty Prosecutor T. H. Patterson wero In consultation over the case for seat eral hours Tuesday. "It Isn't likely a bigamy charge will be lodged against Mahoney. ah least not for a time." aaid Proa* cutor Malcolm Douglas, In sptta of the foc-t that Mahoney's first wifa has turned up In the South, and that they are as yet undlvorced." The mother and sister of Mahoney refused to answer any questlona again Tuesday, the mother saying the newspapers had Ued so much about her that she was no't going t9 talk until she was before a jury. DIDN'T IJiAVR HKRE ON GREAT NORTHKRN The police claim to hare now definitely established the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney did not, aa Mahoney declares, leave Seattle oh a Great Northern train for 8L Paul on April It. Careful check of rail road records. It is said, has shown this port of Mahoney's story to bo false. Mahoney remains in the city Jail on a charge of forgery, despite tha offer of Tennant to {prn him loosa if he will, as he says be can. produaa the mystery trunk and prove Mrs. Mahoney is still alive. Feelers Sent on Disarming Plan WASHINGTON. May Si.—lnfor* mat feelers looking toward the dt» mission of disarmament between th« world powers have been put out at the Instance of President Harding, it was learned today. This action. It is understood, was taken before the senate passed tha Borah resolution calling for a dl»« armament conference. Altho details of the plan have not been divulged, it was said that Harding has sug» grated Informally to the great powers that the question be considered by the supremo council. He believes this method more satisfactory than an attempt to settle the question at a special disarmament conference. Queen Anne Car Off Track; 3 Shaken When I'-ast Quwn Anne car Now <l7 Jumped the track at First ITB. N. E. anjl Bavlne Ht., at 6:50 p. in. Monday, three passengers were badly shaken up. The car via rounding a curve near the end of the line when the accident occurred, due. It la thought, to a broken flange on a front wheel. The oar was In charge of Frank K. Weik 210 Taylor ave., motorman, and C. W. Jackson con ductor. Says Car Cut Toes; Demands $25,500 Claiming that while his foot was caught In a frog a Green Lake car came along and cut off one of hl» little toes and portions of threw other toes. Spencer R. Myers Is suing the city for $28,500 In Judge Otis W. Brlnker's court Because the boy la In his minority his father, C D. My. era, Is acting as guardian for tIM poses of til* suit.