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m > THE NEWSPAPER WITH A 15,000 CIRCULATION LEAD OVER ITS NEAREST COMPETITOR < m TENANT GOES UNDER PROBE VOLUME 24. NO. 118. Now Is Time for Courthouse Clean-Up! Leaders Needed! (EDITORIAL) The people of King county are in a mood to day to tear the County-City political machine to pieces. The state examiners' report of moneys ille gally squandered by officials, the Sullivan dis closures. the grand iury indictments for graft in the ferry deal and in the purchasing depart ment and the indictment* for banking irregu larities relating to the ferry-shipyard mix-up Home Brew: Howdy. Folk*: A Uttl« change ■IS be notr4 In baby iflrr It haa swallowed a iiw. « • • UayW uv M taring fram monkey— Bryan's disaeat /all For mann a lardp hunhnnd Cwi home wtth • /•>•« fate. • • • Tha only thins funnier 'han a •oau In kntrfewrkeckera la a mt* tn ktrtckerboekeca. • a • T ASK I S SOMETHING WE CANT A NSW ER Ut ■ Speaking of the l/|ik raee, how ran a man "hM hlm«elf Ivlrr thru lb* head?—J. K. O. Il'l ea») —II you <l<>n't lo*« your head tbr first lime.— Ho mer. • • • TntenUjr we announced the mar rla(» of James to Helen Wat<r> In Terre Haute. Indiana. "What's wronf with that?" sneer* Ratdy Jack, "lent tt natural for a Duck to take to Water 1" • • • STATISTICAL STEVE take* hi* rpen In hand to estimate that of the 1» men Indicted by the Kin* county grand Jury only 10 will escape acot free. • • • THENX! THENX! My n»iw in Bootleg Bill, I never worked and I never will. II the deaths should hit upon my Ira II They'd land me sale In the county But you make your living Irom Home Brew And there's not a bull that darea touch >ou! —Bootleg Bill. • • e Jim Egan. millionaire author, ray* the public likes slangy storlea. Like the cat 'a eyebrows, they do! • • • After the sweeping Indictments brought In by the grand Jury, our only surprise Is that they did not Indict Phnroah for using Numldlan stone Instead of Oreclun brick In the construction of the pyramids. • • • Writer In The Star says the high carfare In Seattle forces folks to be healthy by compelling them to walk. Oosh. how healthy the owner of a Ford must be' • • • Ttrr HO\F*T SAI.RO*AW V 1 MBF.FTTR tourtn* ■ »R. s «oo<L •*r for nm«»I that Iton I know Ksltls * Tucker, «»» MOTS tt from ths Nsw Haven R*|lat«r. • • • The Public Market A Department Stores Co. wants to pipe natural gas from Eastern Washington to Seattle. Why go so far from home when the Clly council la ID aesslon every week? • • • Copies of "Jtirgen." the new novel barred from the I'nlted State* mails, can now be sold for 125. And the only reason we didn't buy a couple of copies at fl SO per w.is becaus* we were so doggone moral! • • • IIOI.D HER, CHARME, SHE'S A BEARING! "l-egatr killed hlin»rW. I have been ronvlnrrd of I hat liner Ihr b# ginning. I didn't »ay no. I kept my m«>ulh atnit, b*ri u* e thrre Wfr* *o many ronfllrtini rumor*." Capt. Charlie Tennant. • • • F»low Citizen*: Senator Poind**- t*r will now addr*aa you on why h* didn't work for a tariff againat n«-w bfrrlea. • • • About th* tlm* all th* folk* In WAi H*«ttta will ha alrplaning to (Turn lo faff* 7, Column |) WEATHER 1 Tonight and Tkarulay. r«nH*««4 /•Jr; »<m trtml* k *»«- rrlt teinilt Trmp*rmlur*> |j»«l j| Hour* Maximum, ft*. Minimum. 11. Today noon. (SI, L M PEACE MOVE IS MADE IN RAIL STRIKE Both Sides Are Be lieved to Be Anx ious for Settle- I ment BY CHtRIJC* R. I.VNCH CHICAGO. Mr IJ—-Htapa »• M iMI II • "PMW nuitrmr*'' ba tw*. r> railroad »\arull»»a and haada »f Ih* Mrfktng »hapm*n'« union wrra takm lw« l«ki>, RMI W. Hooper. rhalnnan of Iho t iiitrd Miln railroad lalwr board. In a rwillfmi' wllh regional director» of lh» Kallmad Ktfrntim' a«*ariattn«i. projKiwd Ihr; mart villh Bwl M. J'*dl, of Iha »hop rrafla union. Tha pmmM fa lit* an an»wrr later In tha day. "Tha propnaal which I hara mad* to tha asacutlva* dna* not lnrolv» surrender of the part of anyone." Hooper said "My suggestion for a conference does not In any way modify decisions of tha railroad labor hoard. "I believe tha conference I have suggested would be proper and help ful " Both shop craft chiefs and com pany officials were In a "conciliatory mood" and wera ready to make con cessions. The peace move promised to bring results Just as Indications pointed to the strengthening of the shopmen's strlks thru action of the big four railroad brotherhoods and the switch men's union. H»sds of these five organizations met here with railroad managers to protest against operation of trains (Turn Io Page 7, Column 4) SHORT ASSAILS RULE BY HART Prison Labor Exploitation Plot Charged at Meeting By Seaburn Brown KKKMKKTO*, July It. Charging that the legislature in power during the last two years made a vicious effort lo exploit stale prison labor In direct com petition with free organized la bor, William It. Short, president of the Htate Federation of I .a. bor, delivered a second attack upon the "stand pat" administra tion late yesterday before the convention in session here. "Only the utmost effort* of myself and a few other labor representa tive* prevented the carrying out of thla scheme." h* said. "I know that the preaent warden of the state penl tentlary waa to have been put at the head of the atate department of com merce and Industry. "Thi* year, If It I* humanly possi ble. ws will clean out the atate legla- In tu re!" The convention breezed thru the day under blue akles of harmony. The feared break between the e*. trerne radical and reactionary wlnga of the organization failed to develop. Heading of names of accredited delegate* by the chairman of the i re dential* committee rotiaumed most of Ihe morning session. Former Congressman J. YV. Ilr.tau, an earl) afternoon speak er, flayed the republican party machine, both national and slate, ■'resident Harding ha» personally spoke in favor of killing the di rect primary system, llrvan (Turn to I'age 7, Column 3) The Seattle Star •• ciuw m«ii» mm t. •< ik« w ihiii« »t«. nl - iim am h Ouna mki L titi. r.r Imt, kr Man. it u •• and which helped bring about the collapse of a great financial institution —all these develop ments have newly awakened the voters. A house cleaning will doubtless result A house cleaning is years overdue. It is fortunate that an election is near so that the renovation can be started at once. There is one danger in the situation—that the angered voters will strike blindly and unin telligent ly. 12,331 Seattle in 1920, Says U. S. Census WASHIS'GTON, July 12.—The department of com merce announced that according to the remtus of 1920 the population of Seattle, 315J12, comprized 13.1,208 malt*, 1.5 yearn of age and over, of whom 72,873, or 54.0 per cent were married and 113,808 femalet above the age limit, of u hom 70,0." i or 61.7 per cent were married. There were ,'>, l. r i7 widowers, 12,331 u idou s, 2,633 divorced men and 3,150 divorced women. CONTESTS Many Bathing Beautiet City Editor Swamped And All Art PrtttkM Still Time to Enter By June d'Amour that, (ftocause every now and then I go to lha beaches myself, and l'v* seen 'em ) But could T get t» of '«•#? Thai ! was Iht qvillon ElihlMit —th»t | xonin! Ilk* an awful lot. Anil, even iho I didn't admit It to anyone, I waa Inclined to ha ellghtly dublou*. "June, old girl." I I "Id myself, •you've got lonw Job ahead of you." Hut today all my misgiving* van lahed. The young man- T rail htm young, In the hope that maybe he'll raise my • pay—who presides over the city rdl- I tor's de*k nt The Star ha* Ju*t con flded to ma that he'a being awampad I by bathing beauties "(iMhr lie «ald. "I never knew then* were «o many pretty girls In the workl—le| alone In Seat tle. They've been routine In all day lone —and everyone of 'em Just a little prettier Ihan the one who rume before! I'll tell Ilia world I'm clad I don't have to judge 'em to «elert the IB prettl e«t—berau«e tliey Al.l. seem III® prettiest lo me." So. I »rnther. there'* no question , nhout getting enougli applicants for the contest Hut. Just to five everr- I t>ody a rhance to get In, I'll repeat j the details: Any trlrl In ftsattle or from any lof the neighboring vicinities Is all. Iglhle, provided that ahe ran get a war durlnir the noon hour* of the week of | July 14 to 2#. to take part In tha I liathing atyle ahow. All you hava to do la visit The Ht.-ir office In person any work day I Itefore 3 p. m during the contest, and ask for the rlty editor and ha will arrange for a sitting fgr you nt the ; 'lrudy studio, offli lal photographers ; for the < ontest | Then, when the time romea. all the : entrants will lie tirought together anil a committee of Judgea will select the lit winners. Th**e girls will be the I bathing suit model* at the dally 1 luncheons at the merchant*' conven. < tlon. They will he |>nid for Ihelr lime, will get luncheon each day, and. besides, will be presented a made to order bathing suit of the very lieot variety obtainable. And, In addition to that, from these IH winner* the three prettiest will he selected and will get cash prizes of $25, 111 and $lO. The suits which they will display and which will l<e presented to them afterward will b* manufac tured by the Haxony Knitting t'o. and the Pacific Knitting Co. of Heat- On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise This for Kodak Fans Cash Prizes Offered Also Much Merchandise All for Sheep "Snaps'* By Jack Hall Llks to ink* pictures* If fur* one of lb* great army of tnulrur plxitoiraphfri, Tha Mlar ha* a proposition to mult* one b) which yon can com Wii« pleasure Mtih profit. Hera's tha proposition In a nut •htlll The Iftar considers the "Wayfarer" •heap II of tliam now l>vated In Woodland park, a m«t worthy lub >Kt ..f «m«t*ur photography. For Hi* be«l pilotoa of tha *lt*rp, *howlng tbam In pastoral r'fwu, under the r«r» of Bn. Jssbua K ham is. Assyrian minis ter. who play* lli«> biblical •hep herd In the paseant, The Mtar offer* 13(1 null prltea Additional prti** of nunrna and *uppll**, totaling IIS. tra af frri-d hy Ihe Anderson Supply Co.. 11l Cherry *t. The rule* of tha cnnleat are aim ply that all photos must ha flnlshad In |lnay black, a flnlah any photon rspher can furnlah: they muat all ha taken by amateurs. and muat show the sheep with thalr shepherd. I'rlie, irr a* follow*: Urn! prill"—*!.> rash. Second priir—l'remo rtmrra, tallied at llt.M, from the ,\inter aon Hupplt Co. Third pri«e—(lo ca»h. Fourth prire—An«ro camera, valued at t*.M. offered by tha Anderson Nupply fo. Fifth prire—»J rash. Nlilh prite— An order for It worth of enforcing at tbe Ander aon Supply Co. Twenty ra*li prlres of |l each *l*n are offered. The content I* now open Send all print* to the Kodak Fdl tor. The Hlsr, Prints will not he re turned Negative* muat not he sub milted But vott can send In all the print* you wlah. Oo to It. camera fan* ! HEN the bo** first assigned me In Ihe task of find Ing the I* pret I lest girt* In He ■ltle lo dl*fday bathing salts at the merrhaitts' convention. at the Bell *l. dock, Ihe week of July !« to ?». I was, I ronfess, J.i.l a lltlle bit stag* struck. The glrla ware In town, I know tie and the Olympic Knitting Co. of Olympla. Kntrantg In the contest to date are: Grace Bruneau. ?34* A Ikt av#.; Otelia Hfcka, 7*22 tot It ave H; Vivian Wright. 52* K 79th at.; M«r cla Helen, 1007 16th ave.; Helen Cm Ik. IHOt 15th ave.; l*uNore Hmlth, 6321 Ninth ave. N. K ; Lucille Rich* arda, 211 Warren ave; Mary E. location. Uk« City; Helen Ho*. t*. G743 Horn tin ave.; Evelyn Ilrauer, 153& 14th ave,; Margaret Hhaw, 503 Queen Ann* ave., and Gertrude M. Mann. 1124 W. 50th at. JAPANESE BRIDE COOKS BREAKFAST; LOVE NEST BURNS The home of Mr and Mm. H. Kansaka. 5227 Second ave. N. K., Japanese newly.weda, «n* t\r alroyed when their alove hneame ovwhwtfd while Mm. Kunenka was cooklnit breakfnat Wedneaday morning The house, u oneatoty frame building, waa owned by a J. M Applrglat, and waa valued %t 11.000 Kanaaka'a furniture waa valued at S4OO. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922 Not every courthouse official is a crook or an incompetent—not by considerable. What is needed right now in King county is some clear-headed leadership. Every member of the county ring who has had a hand in the waste and thievery should be weeded out. Every official who has done good service for the public ought to be kept on the job. Candi dates of high quality ought to be drafted into service for the spots that need them. The County-City building should be re SULLIVAN TO BE ARRAIGNED NEXT MONTH Accused Secretary of Police Freed on Bail in Case of Al leged Theft Twenty foor hour* after ■ grand larceny warrant for hi* ar res* kid km tasoed. l ap*. A. <Wka fiaiMsan. iu»prwd»d are- i retary of Ibe Seat lie police de partment. poalad bond In JmIM 1 court \\ rdnndii He will be arraigned at !• a. m. AupiM 7. At It a. m Frad H I "ore, repre , aenttn* hla brother, John K. t»ore. i wlto ta Hull I van' * attorney, secured Sullivan's technical releaae by poet Ing a 11.&09 property bond. The bowl ww aerured by tha firm of McCaf ferty tt I'aben. Siillltau Itaa nerer been ar tuall) iinil- r arrest, l»<puty sheriff Stewart Campbell waa unable to lor ate SullHsn at liia ' honte Tueaday. Sheriff Htam irlf * later announced thai soillvatt j would surrender himself Tm-xllf afternoon. but be dW not appear. I Tlia n«utt announcement wa* Rullivan would rtnw In at 110 Wad J nea-Uy morning Hulllvan la accused, In a complaint l**'i*d hy FrosacnUnir Attorney Mni nolm Douglas. of appropriating to hla own una a government check for liH. which ahnuld have lieea de posited to tha credit of the city Continuing III* Investigation Into Sulllvsn'i alleged Irregular ities. Prosecuting Attorney Douglas alated that Ilia tiling of additional charge* again*! the *uupended officer wa* a po«*lbl|. Ily. Ihmgla* aalil he had found etidencr thai Sullivan operated two brokrrHke office* In Seattle, at 310 (ilobe building and at 3131 Arcade building, dealing In canned good*. Jam*, jellie* and deh\dratrd fruit* and- that lia dealt In I . S. army *upplic*. Tire Irregular!llea which led to tha filing of the grand larceny charge agnlnat Hulllvan were uncovered hy state examiner* In their routine check of tha pollca aacretary'a records. 2 SHIPS ASHORE IN FOG ON SOUND Willamette and Northland Both Go Aground l>en*e fog covering Puget Hound early Wednesday eaused two Heattle hound fthipe to craah on lalanda In Puget Round. The etcamer Wltltm ette. out of Han Kranclaco. went aground on Point No Point, Whldby Inland, a few houra aft*r midnight, while the Northland, from Han Kran cieco, operated by the Charles Nel eon line, crushed on Hmlth Inland at Point Partridge. Neither veaael waa In Immediate danger. The Canadian Pacific steamer Princean Victoria took off 35 paaaengein from the Willamette at C IO a. m. and brought them to Heat tle. The Mteamship Cordova, from Alneka to Heattle, was reported standing by the dlnahled vnnl, while tugii were attempting to aid her. The Northlnnd by radio Informed the Merchant*' Kx<'hin|t that the ve<o«el would probably float fife ut. high tide. The tug Kquator is stand- It.* by. MAJOR K. GRKKN, Savruth ave.. a negro laborer, waa In Prov idence hospital Wodnoaday, III* right foot waa crushed by a piece of Iron at tho Patifie Coaat Bteel Co. Mrs. Douglas in Star Show * * * * * * * * * Other Celebrities Mrs. Hamilton Douglas, Jr. Plioto bj Lt Ptno-Ro|«ri By Aileen Claire Heard tha latest, folks? Mr*. Hamilton Itoiigia*. Jr., the mu*t a< cotnplUhcd dancer In Se attic, lis* just siinounced tlwt aha will apiiear IN PKMSON at Ihe free radio film *lioh to be given by 'Hie Star for Ihe boy* and girt* of the city, at Pantagrw theater licit Friday morning at 10:30. of course you all know who Mrs. Douglas la—liut you hsven't ali seen her dnnce. lieriuie of late she hasn't been appearing with her "Artists In Miniature," the 11 boy and girl danc er*. who will al»o lie on the program of The Star's big show Hut Kite's awfully fond nf youngsters—o llier wI * c *he'd liner have hern able to train Iter "Artist* In Minis!lire" *o perfect ly—and ho *l»e lian consented to danre lieraelf till* time. Jiint rn a very epeclal fa\»r to the hun dred* of boy* and girl* who will attend as The Star'* icueat*. And, Just to Mhow that he la aa generoua an hid wife, Hamilton Doug 'a«. Jr.. alno announced that he would Mayor, Jim Cast Off By James W. Egan Well. I don't know w liat I lie} 'd lint a done without the mayor and inc. Hut leave It to I)or and Jim. We were on the Job like two fellows minting the -nine tirl. And no the 11, F. Alexander, faat ert American carrier afloat, wu* able to enll lercnely from Heatlle Tuna, i 'day afternoon, carrytn* her 800 paa< neniitM u on her maiden voyage aouth • Ward. • The mayor hnd me In a cold aweat ,for a few mlnutea. liowevei I waa afraid lie waan't going to arrive In time, and that would have (polled the whole occaalon. You see. hlizoner had to ha (hern to cant off the linea. 1 waa alio HOME EDITION manned with honest, intelligent, aggressive department heads all down the line. Such a change calls for careful selection. It calls for dispassionate study. It calls for the entry into public life of a type of citizen that in the past nas seldom been willing to leave the quieter and more remunerative fields of private endeavor. Wc can clean up the coiirthotutc this nummer —it will be cosy—lF WE DEVELOP LEAD ERSHIP. tike part In tha performance and. as sisted by tha three Georgia sisters. display soma ballroom stepa that you've never seen before. It'» not nil going to He dancing, Iho. Kred Ilecrens, who I* one of I lie hradlinem on thin week'* bill ■t the "Pun," hii |»romi»ed to be there with hit violin and hi* trained pianola. Kver hear a trained pianola? If you linven't you've mixed a whole lot—lt'a Ml (II mure intelligent than a trained »eal, anil aJao more mimical. Then there'll be the International N'ewn Weekly anil a Christie comedy. "Any 0!u Port." and. In addition, nev eral more nuinhern from the regular vaudeville bill at the Pan. And. lant hut by no means leaat, there'll be The Mtar'n impe rial radio film, "Make It Your keif." Thin, of course, la (he big fea ture of (lie whole hill. The picture allows you Ju*| liow you can make your own radio net (Turn to Page 7. Column 3) present to cast off ma lines. Low humor. Just at 5 o'clock, the hour of departure, my worthy colleague appeared. lie wan wearing a dark overcoat, a freen hat. brown glove* and a pleaded •mile. A low cheer went up from the scorea of onlookers. Now the l>ig ship could ateam away. The mayor was on hand to cast off the lines. The ceremony, while marked by great simplicity, wan beautiful und Impressive. I'lillowlng a group photograph taken with 11. K. Alexander, K. H. Ilolhir and Ucueral I'assenger Agent MrMicken, hixtoner posed with one hand on the bight of a (Turn to Page 7, Column S) TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE MAYOR'S DIE AMBON LEGATE CASE Brown Institutes Investigation of Detective Dept; Apathy 1,1 • Eipraainf atrnm <lm»Hi (lon with the handling tf tha Ucal* MM by CayC ftoilw Tsonant. Mayor Brown an nounred Wrdnrndajr that dlaie In testation of the polk* 0 Mtrtlrr department. Complete records of the detective department's activities In the I/tfale mystery death were demanded by the mayor In a letter to Chief W. B. Severyns. "I am not at all tat I*fled with the way the legate murder haa heen handled." Brown declared, "('apt. Tennant's statement yeo tenlay that he would stand by hi* theory of suicide waa p«v rullar. to nay the leaat, in til* face of (he grand jury'* find -111**." Mayor Brown declared thai ha was goinit ahead with his invea ticalion of the Ijegalr caae aa if t'aplain Tcnnant did not exist. "So far a» I can determin*," he said. "Captain Tennant and Deputy Prosecutor Tom Patter ■on are the only two men who really believe that Legate com mitted suicide." The mayor called a conferenca on Wednesday with Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas, Chief geveryna and Luke May, noted criminologist. May waa one of the principal experts called before the grand jury to teatlfy aa J to the difference in bulleta that pierced the slain patrolman's skull. In his letter to Chief Severyna, tho mayor said: "Please furnish me with ail tho | evidence, sla(ementa and record* M of your detective department, lending to show that legate com mitted sulride, and also the rec ord of the investigation In (hia regard. "Send me the report of Ihe |» vesication thai waa made by the detective division, and the name* of the men who worked on tha case." Brown said that It was apparent thnt certain forces were working ngalnst tfitn In his endeavor to find Legate's murderer. "Of course, I cannot tell wheth er lliey are (he people who be lieve Legate killed himself," he added While Mayor Brown stated that h* I wis two witnesses wliose evidence supports the murder theory. Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant reit erated his belief that Legate killed himself. "So far as I am concerned, the case is closed," Tennant said. "The murderer never will be raughl, because It was a Miiride." A coroner's Jury decided that legate died by his own hand. The county grand jury reported conclusive evidence thai Legate was murdered. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney T. H. Patterson, who represented the pros ecutor's office at both these inquisi tions. holds to the suicide theory. "From the testimony of wit- / neases before the coroner's Jury A and the icrand jury," Patterson M said, "we have a set of undisput- ■ od (acts. Not one of the various murder theories can he filled In every essential particular lo facts. The suicide theory does fit," Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas declared that he Is ready to prosecute ns soon us the murderer l« found "The prosecutor's office Is not equipped with a detective bureau." Douglas said, "but if I am given evt. dence that a crime has been commit (Turn to Page T, Column I)