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£tt Your opportunity to repeal the Hart poll tax law is coming soon —next Tuesday. Remember: To
*-j| repeal the poll tax law you must vote FOR Initiati
vote "YES" on the initiative you help defeat the uicious,
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frrih tnuthrrlu uinjt,
Trmprralurr L*«t t4 Hour*
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VOLUME 24. NO. 213.
MOTHER JAILS GIRL IN BASEMENT!
Woman Who Sets World's
Styles Comes to Visit Us
Homo
Brewf
Howdi. (oik*! Ilrtrfn help
Ihr {'rbtfc p»iK on • night
like this!
see
The UKl# boy who lets out wild
yells of uniulih whenever hla moth
er tllrmpx to wash the back of ht»
neck, thinks nothing of sticking hi*
whole head tn freeang water. duck
ing for apple*.
• • •
Halloween comei but one# a year
-thank God!
• • •
BIA.VAAAA!
A ihrrp, u»ed In one nf the big
■rm*> at the Metropolitan Sun
* day night, broke up a tantlmen
tal duet by bleating "BU-a-a-a-ar*
We hereby nominate him mu
dc critic for The Star.
• • •
There la no reason why a sheep
ahoutdn t be just as good an artiat
aa a trained sea! or an actor.
• • •
The oalv difference between a |
trained *ea) and an actor ts that the
trained seal doean't hang around the
entrance of the theater after the
•htm is over.
see
We ought to be
Towed oat to sea
Who ptoy* a
CaSMspe.
e e e
SEEING SK.4TTU!
Have yea seen oar new com
inanity hotel yet? It"» • »iteJ
* • •
Reggie Fltihurse. the rollicking
collegian, nays that aa a freshman
he was eo green he thought It was
necessary to put a quarter In a taxi
meter to make It run.
• • •
T>ance hails charge a man 12.50 for
a bottle of near-beer—and make him
drink It.
e e e
l/inglorA. hrnt that /lit
Or I'tt stir up a row:
'Tu> i« unrn enough la»t month,
Hut 1 am fr"-Hna MOW.
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Ol'R PRIVATE ADVERTISING
HMKiANS
Rat Homer Brew's Onion
Hake*—Once- Eaten, Ne*#r For
gotten.
see
Now that Henry Ford haa reduced
the price of his car again. It ought
to solve the Christmas toy problem
In many families.
• • *
T»c Brown's enemies deelsre he
Ignores the city council. So does
everybody else.
* e •
Be that as It may. L. A. Sprinkle
drives a water cart In San Diego,
and B. L. Rhodes Is superintendent
of streets.
see
This Bonar Lav they have In Eng
land must be a new dry law.
e e e
POLITICAL NOTE
Polndeiter saya he will win by
• big majority. Perhaps he la
right, but we know a lot who will
vote against him. In fact, their
name Is legion.
* • *
Man wantt hut little here brlow
To cheer hin weary «ouJ;
JTll* winter he'll be tatitfied
With iuitt a little coal.
e e e
Today's candidate for the Poison
Ivy club Is the office goof who lets
the window shade fly up with a
bang.
e e •
What has become of the old fash
ion"! lawyer whose ple.-i for his cli
ent charged with murd<-r was alibi
and self-defense?
• * *
THEY TURN GREEN IN THE
FALL
Three Seattle mett were arrest
ed because they couldn't make
■flver out of lead, hut a lot of
OTne brides have discovered that
(heir sliver wedding presents
Were made out of lead.
e • •
Note to composing room foreman:
The Boss soys I've simply GOT to
fill this colyum. If that last para*
graph doesn't make enough, stick In
this one.—H. O. B.
see
NOTE TO HOMER BREW
The best way for you to fill
this rolumn, old top. Is to set
your beastly drivel In larger
type. CUNNINGHAM.
WHITES RUN AS
THE REDS COME
HONOLULU. T. H.. Oct. »!.
Press dispatches from Toklo to the
Nlppo JIJI. Japanese language new*,
paper published here, describe the
reported flight of thousands of Rus
sian "white guards" and civilians
from the Vladivostok region Into
Korea.
The dispatehe* declared 10.600 of
these were fleeing from the "red"
forces, which now have control of
the Vladivostok area following Jap
anese evacuation.
The fleeing anti-Bolshevik forces,
the reports hers said, were robbing
and burning aa they entered Korea.
Man, Betrayed by
Daughter, Arretted
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Ort. 31
Betrayed by his daughter be
cause he ran lier swet heart away
from his home, Je**e Sanderson.
54, was en route to Baton Rouge,
la., today, to spend tile remain
ing years of hh> life in prison.
Sanderson, convicted of mur
der and sentenced In IMI fo life
Imprisonment for the crime, es
caped from the l/mislana prison
In I#o-1. He made his way to
Carulhrrsville, Mo., where he re
habilitated himself.
SECRET'S OUT NOW;
MAYOR BROWN BORN
ON WITCHES' NIGHT
Halloween hold* mors thsn the
usual amount of intereat for Chief
of Police W. B. Severyns, Mayor
E. J. Itrown and Maude Hweet
man, candidate for the state leg.
ialaturs.
All three were preparing to hold
parties Tuesday in celebration of
birthdays. Chief Severyns will
celebrate for his brother, Andrew
Heveryns, a Port Angeles lavryer,
who Is 33. Mayor Brown Is 60
and—yes, Maudo admits It -she's
43 year* young.
Lumber Schooner
Is Believed Lost
BEAUMONT. Texas, Oct. 31.- The
schooner Geneva Kathleen was given
up aa lost today, l.'nhsard from for
70 day* on a trip that ordinarily
takes 30 days, the Geneva Kathleen
has sunk In u tropical storm, It was
believed.
The echooner sailed with 300.000
feet, of yellow pine lumber for Port
Au Prince, Haiti, but did not arrive
tlwre, according to advices today.
$28,000 LOST
IN FIRES HERE
Routed out In scant attire, J. A.
Boyce and his family barely escaped
with their lives »ar!y Tuesday when
thoir home at 6016 2Hth ave. H..
burned down.
The blaze was one of three which
; occurred within a few hours of each
!other, doing more than f211,000 dam
! age.
The Boy re hqpie win valued at
111,000 and the content* at 17,000.
Boyee la head of the J. A. lioyce
tJeed company.
The paper with a 15,000 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor
The Seattle Star
■atarvd • • ■•c«n4 rim M.li.r Mir I. IIM. at th. PMlottlc* *t w ».h„ win <h. Art of Conarm March t. Mt». Far Taar. br Mail. II «» I*
Mademoiselle Cecile Sorel
Says French Have
Great Respect
for U. S.
NEW TORK. Oct 31—Don't «*•
p«ct *ny radical new *tyl«« to Uau*
from Pirli for th« nut two month*
—there aren't going to be any.
BMIIUW MU«. Cecil* Horel. *tar of
the Coined Iff Krancal*e, who turn »*<
Ihff atylm In ciothea for th« pa*t 20
yarn, will not b* ther* to dart th«m.
Hha la making a two month*" tour of
th« Cnited State* and < "anada.
"I hav* launched every new *tyl*
for the p»*t JO year*." *h* told m«
"I |tf« to Part*. and Part* «lvn to
lha world. lam r**pon*lbie for thff
lon* skirt* you are struggling with
today, and for the ahort onu you
hava Ju*t illncardM, In P«rh, th«
dancing irur I* over, and thera la
no rcajxin for *hort skirt* now."
Asked to venture some Infor
mation about what la In the fu
ture, she refused.
"Styles are like fascinating
women," she replied. "Their
charm Ilea in their unnpected
nes*. •
"French peopl* hav* rr"*t re«pect
for th« taut* of American*. Th«y
know thffy want only thff very b**t.
Hut Krincf doff* not want America
to become Independent In the matter
of fanhlon."
When T *aw h«r at tha Rltx. *h*
w rut reclining on a rhnl** longu*.
with the knowing grace of a woman
who rocllne* liecitu** It 1* becoming,
attired In a negligee of blue and sil
ver brocade and pink *atln allpper*
outlined with pink *wan*down.
About her throat wera ynrd* of
pearl* and on one hand *he wor* a
ring with an emerald th« *l»e of a
plum, on the other a pearl of slml
lar *lce.
Judgr-d by our atandard*. who I*
, not beautiful, but »h«« liu the vlviir.
• Ity, charm. a«»urnnce and the ready
i wit that characterize the women of
I her country.
"American women are beautiful,
atyllah anil dl*»tn*ulehed," ahe e&ld.
"They are ao well groomed, an well
a* well (ITWIIKI. New York In won
derful. Thf moet vivid aenantlnn of
beauty I ever »*pertenrrd waa whan
we came up the bay."
KAISER'S GIFTS TO
HIS NEW WIFE WILL
COST BILLION MARKS
BERLIN, Oct. 31. —A crown of
diamonds In platinum, costing
*00,000,000 marks will he former
Kaiser Wllhelm's wedding pres
ent to hla bride, the Princess
Hermlne.
The crown for the princess,
who will assume the title of
Kalserln and Queen of Prussia,
will contain 700 diamonds, the
smallest being half karat, It was
learned from master Jewelers
making It here.
Expensive Jeweled earrings
which the former kaiser Is also
having made for his bride-to-be,
will bring the total cost of his
wedding presents to 1,000,000,-
000 marks.
The radical press bitterly
snored Wllhelm's "trlnketlng," de
claring It most harmful to Ger
many, politically, financially and
psychologically.
BY MARIAN HALE
SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1922
Referendum 13
* * ¥ * * * * * *
Vote Thoughtfully on This Measure
Most of us have no quarrel with the folks who refuso
to believe that disease exists in this world. Folks
who want to believe that theory have a right to do so.
This is a free country.
But the big majority of us do not hold to that
theory at all. When we are sick, we call doctors or take
medicine, or both. /
We have no fight with those who are convinced that,
tho disease may exist, it is best remedied by manipula
tion of the spinal column or massaging of the muscles.
But, most of us don't hold to that theory.
Perhaps mmt day we will all agree on question*
of health and aanitation. Maybe we'll all treat our
selves mentally and regard disease as a mind disorder.
Or well shoot serums Into our arms for nearly every
thing we find is wrong with ourselves. Or well have
our joint* and backs twisted and jerked and that will
cure us of our ilia.
# * *
A question which thousands of citizens believe is
vital to the health of the school children will be set
tled at the general election November 7.
The 1921 legislature passed "an act providing that
parents or guardians may forbid physical examinations
of their school children in districts of the first class,
except when such children show symptoms of con
tagious or infectious diseases; providing that vaccina
tion, inocculation or other medication shall not be
made a condition of attendance or employment in such
schools except of persons suspected of having or who
have been exposed to contagious diseases."
The ink on the governor's signature was hardly dry
before the physicians started circulating referendum
petitions. They got enough names, and the bill is be
fore the people for adoption or rejection next Tuesday.
* ¥ *
The purpose of the bill seems clear.
If Johnny Jones comes to school with a nest of
diphtheria germs in his throat, and if Johnny's ma or
pa or guardian writes a note to the principal stating
that he refuses to let the school nurse or physician
examine Johnny, that's all there is to that. Until
Johnny gets sick the nurse or physician must let him
alone. They dare not peer into his throat for signs
of diphtheria until he "shows symptoms."
But, before Johnny begins to act queerly he will
have passed the diphtheria germs around to Susie
and Tony and Jackie. Then, when he shows symptoms
of the disease, he may be examined and sent home.
Maybe Johnny's ma and pa don't believe there Is
any such a thing an a diphtheria germ. Maybe they'll
cure Johnny, too. But, that won't help Susie and
Tony and Jackie, for perhaps their parents hold the
old-fashioned belief that germs are material and dis
ease is real. Maybe Susie will carry the germs to
the baby and Tony will infect the twins before it is
discovered. Then, we have a life-sized epidemic, and
two or three little fellows die.
* * *
Unless you scoff at all medical science, you know
that certain people are disease carriers. They arc not
ill, perhaps they are immune, but they carry the
germs, and they can and do pass them along. Physical
examination often discovers the di.«%ase carrier. Some
school children, tho perfectly normal in all other ways,
carry disease and transmit it. Perhaps the child whose
parents do not believe in disease won't come home
with scarlet fever or itch or lice or smallpox. But
what of the children of the vast majority who believe
that disease does exist?
* * *
"Personal liberty" and "constitutional liberty" are
two of the pet phrases of one set of folks who oppose
the health laws. Personal liberty is sacred and in
violable, but there are limits. Personal, constitutional
liberty doesn't and shouldn't permit you to endanger
the liven of others.
The clause in Referendum 13 that prohibits vaccina
tion or other medication of pupils against the will of
their parents or guardians is superfluous. We already
have a st*te law that contains that provision. So that
question is not up for argument now. Whether Ref
erendum 13 wins or loses, parents and guardians will
still have the legal authority to prevent vaccination
of their children.
* * *
It's a question of what you believe, and it's a ques
tion that tests your fairness.
The Star !>elieves that if Referendum 13 wins, we
may pay heavily in human life—lives of the school
children of Washington. The defeat of Referendum
13 will NOT be a guarantee against epidemics—for
physical examination is not infallible. It is a measure
of precaution.
Think this over carefully before you vote on Ref
erendum 13 and KNOW just exactly what you are
doing. For you may have to accept some mighty
serious consequences!
Father Vaughan, of
London, Passes On
I.ONHON, Oct. 31. Father
Barnard Vaughan, famou* for hi*
"sin* of society" sermons, a promin
ent Catholic prle*t with a large fol
lowing among Hrltl*h *orlety, died
hern at tho age of 75. Father
Vaughan wa* also famed for hi*
wurk among the poor of London.
(EDITORIAL)
One Killed, 8 Hurt
in a Factory Fire
NKW YOHK, Oct. 31.—One man
was killed and eight persons Injured,
three seriously, when fire swept thru
a five-story factory building on 13th
*t. In Hrooklyn la*t night, according
to a revised check of casualties to
ils)
S. B. H. Hurst
of Seattle, Author of "Coomer Ali,"
Has Written a New Novel
filled with intense interest for every
citizen of the Northwest. It's the
story of a great empire built on an
Eastern Washington desert; a story
of Greed, and of punishment!
The Locusts
swarmed over the land and slowly
but surely drove out the men who
had made it. Vengeance, long de
layed, was swift and terrible. Watch
for the great story in—
The Seattle Star
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511(91111111
Poindexter's
Lift for Millionaires
Dill, Speaking at Enumclaw, Assails Sena-
tor's Federal Tax Vote
KNtTUTCLAW, Oct. 31 - Speaking
before a raapoMtv* audience here
Monday night, former Congi —man
C. C. Dill, candidate for the United
S'atea senate. assailed the adminis
tration of Senator Mile* Polndexter
and dwelt with aepclal emphasis on
Polndexter'a vote on th® revenue
bill.
Dill aald Polndexter voted tn saddle
$20,000,000 of federal taxea on the
common people of thta atate and to
take t20.000.000 off the millionaire,!
whoa* Incomes are more than ICS.-
000 a year
The opposition tella you to re-elect
Polndexter, because he can get more
for this state than a new senator
can get." said 1)111. "What has he
gotten? The record shows that his
votes have coet the common people
of this state ao much that they can
not afford to wnd him back.
"On the revenne Mil alone, he
voted to leave $?».000 o®6 of fed-
eral taxes for the common people
of this stale to pay, and take
t2O.IWO.MA off the millionaires
whose Incomes are more than
tC.'V.OOA a year. The federal taxes
paid by the people of tills slate In
1921 were S3«.4tM.MO.
IN TERMS OF MONEY BENEFITS
An "experienced senator,"
argue the Polndfxter managers,
can get more monetary benefits
lor the people of Washington
than could a new man.
"What did Poindexter get for
Washington folks." asks C. C.
Kill, aspirant for the senate.
Dill l« willing to admit every
thing I'oindexter ever dki for
Washington. And after a re
" Boys Will Be
Homer's Hallo
But He Says He's Going to Sit in Loft
Armed to the Teeth
By Homer Brew
Well, Halloween 1* hrre folks,
.mil the open tiranon U on for
garbage pall*. If you find that
your flivver haw town hoisted lo
the lop of lli«* church steeple
don't get mad. Just *ay oh boy a
will lie boys and laugh heartily.
There are a number of stunt*
used by the kiddles on Halloween,
such or soaping the windows, mak
ing tick-tack*, ringing doorbell* and
etc. All of thrni are cute and If
you rush out to congratulate the
Jolly little fellows on their Ingenuity,
It Is not at all unlikely that you
will trip over a ropo stretched
across your door.
Many parent* believe In keeping
the kiddle* In the house on Hal
loween and helping them celebrate
by ducking for apple*, ghost parties
and etc. Hut the way I would like
to entertain the little darlings I*
with a rwaor strop In the woodshed.
Well, hoy* will he boys, and I
can remember when I wa* a child
and we wa* playing quietly out In
the front yard on Halloween, and
Uncle Hen sneaked out all dressed
up In a white sheet to soure us
little fellow*.
And hn he come up past a
hedge, I'ercivnl Archibald Kor
n) tu, a cute little fellow with
1 111 1 ■" "
HOME
EDITION
iimiiiiisiiiiiitiiiiGoiiiitiiiiieiiiinH
I The rtvenu« bill provided for the
abolition of $700,000,600 of t\iea." The
'titration before the senate waa;
Whose taxes shall be lifted?"
'The bill provided that practically
all of thl* amount should be taken
"ff great wealth. Certain progras-
I xlve senator* tried to amend the bill,
i How did I'oindexter vote?
"The bill provided for a reduction
of taxea on Inoomea of more than
$€5,000. Thla would take $100,000,000
off the rnllllonalrea. An amendment
waa offered to continue this SIOO.
000.000 tax on the millionaires and
take It off the common people. Thla
came to a vote on October 2,1*21 ion
Iwire 7403 of the Congressional Rec
ord). One hundred million dollars Is
$1 for each tran, woman-Ami child,
and that amounts to $1,500,000 for
the reoplo of this state. •
-Voting for the amendment to
take the taxes off the people,
which would be t1.5W.0M lifted
from the burden of the people of
this state, were Rorah. K any on.
Korrts, \jk Follettc, Nor beck and
Ladd.
"Voting against the amend
ment, for the millionaires, were
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capitulation of all of Poindrxter'a
worthy endeavors. Dill declares
the senator's votes on the tax
bill alone offset many times all
the good he accomplished for the
people of Washington.
"Because," says Dill, "lie voted
to leave $?0,000.000 of federal
taxes on the people of Washing
ton and take the $20,000,000 off
the millionaires with Incomes In
excess of 1(3,040 a year."
long, yellow curls and a Ixird
Fauntleroy suit, said, "you can't
scare me, you big stiff," and
knocked him backward uvrr Ihe
hfdfr.
Ami I'jicle lien forgot he wns Just
trying to play with the children
and chawed us nil over Kenton Hill,
cursing fearfully, and saying, "watt
until I catch one of you little devils,
I'll tan h — outa you!"
And I guess all kids is the
same, only some is worse, ami
tonight I think I will park the
old flivver In (lie front parlor
next to the melndeon, and then
go and ait In the aille with the
windows bolstered up with inut
tresj.es and a Colt's revolver
handy.
Because when It comes to
Halloween, boys will be thugs,
as the old saying Is.
Italian Ambassador
to France Resigns
PARIS, Oct. 31.—Count Hforsa,
ItulUin ambassador to France, re
signed today after declaring he does
not fully agree with policies of the
Kasclstl force* which now control
Italy.
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
CLOTHED IN
RAGS, SAVED
FROM DEATH
Scorned Daughter
Imprisoned Two
Years; Flees to
Escape Horror
CHICAGO. Oct, 31— Mary D»
vine. It >«n old, was rescued
today from her basement cell
where fth* had been kept prla
onrr by her mother for nan
than two yearn.
The ctrl was nearly unclothed
when found and was half-starved
and underslied. Hrr body was a
ma» of bruise* which aha said
resulted from daily whippings in
flirted by hrr mother.
She wan hardly able to talk,
ller hair waa hanging nearly to
her knee#.
Mra. Josephine Devtne. mother of
the girt, was arreeted and the esse
continued until November 1, to
! give the girl a chance to recover.
Police stated that Miaa Devtno
had the mind of a 12-year child and
assigned this as the reason for he#
long imprisonment.
Her family recently moved ha#
from Bohemia and were evidently
ashamed of the girl, police stated.
The only time she was allowed
out of her basement prison waa
A.»han sho waa needed to scrub
floors or do other housework.
She had the first bath today la
' more than two years.
Mary was rescued by police after
she fled from h»r cell to a shed.
The girl speaks only a few words
of Kngiish and authorities had diffi
culty in getting her story.
I "My mother didn't want the
neighbors to see me. She didn't
like me," Marj- told Policewoman
Florence Van Amber. "I spent
almost all the time in the cellar. -
"Once in a while, when my
mother was sure there would ho
, no visitors, she would make me
| scrub floors.
"I carried coal and chopped wood.
My Vied was a tumbledown cot and
: chickeas and ducks slept with me.
"I remember last Christmas,"* she
, said. "X sat crocheting on my cot.
As 1 worked 1 could hear my broth
. ers and sisters making merry and
; dancing overhead."
Mary was taken Into the home of
Miss Vnn Amher today. Her hand*
were Hack from handling wood and
cos I. Her clothes consisted only of
a few rags. She was harefooted.
"Mother beat me nearly everjr
day." she said.
Mary's parents were arrested on &
chare* of disorderly conduct. How
ever, the state's attorney's office
was conducting a further lnve«tlga
tlon, and It was understood addition!
charges would be filed.
JURY BLAMES
2 TRAINMEN
The death of two men. Robert
Jones and Warren H. Woodruff, who
were killed In accidents last weok.
were laid to negligence on tlje part
of trainmen by a coroner's jury re
porting Monday afternoon.
Jones was killed by a Great North
ern railway locomotive at Broad «t.
and Railroad ave. Saturday when ho
failed to leap from his car after It
had stalled on the crossing. George
Tracy, fireman on the engine, saw
Jones but failed to notify the encfc
neer, the jury held. A moment lat«%
Jones was crushed by the jugger
naut.
O. H. Nixon, motorman of the
street oar which fatally Injured
Woodruff at 14th ave. N. W. and W.
501 h at., was held guilty of negli
gence in the accident for the alleged
failure to wound a warning signal.
A WARREN
BLUE RIBBON
This is the way one of Seattle's
Realtors has of expressing a
good buy In a home.
A WARRTCN W.rrc RIBBON
UNIVKHSITY-COWEN I'AHK
California bungalow: unobstruct
ed and sweeping view of Ra
venna district. Lake Washing
ton and Cascades; handy to car:
close to Roosevelt high and
grade schools and walking dis
tance to university: !> rooms
and attic; living room has firs
place, bookcases; complete cab
inet kitchen: paneled dining
room; 2 bedrooms and bath: ce
ment basement and laundry
trays. Owner non-resident,
and writes to sell to the best
advantage. Priced at $3,200;
1300 cash to responsible party.
The classified columns will give
you further details about this
home.