The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 1

A year ago we were making snow about this time—remember? of us couldn't go home, ve the cars were biocked—re The cars didn't have then—remember? Well, there of cars still unheated Forecast; “Rain tonight and Fri day * * No. 7124 Meets “Shorty Him Wondering (This is the second of a sertes of articies written for The Star by No. 7124, released a few days ago from the Walla Walla penitentiart He tells here of meeting “Shorty Jacks"— EDITOR.) By No. 7124 | arose to a new day and a new life. 1 had no one dependent upon me for support, ang the disgrace and separation of omg S had broken all ties that had bound me to the past. Few friendships are pure enough and disinterested enough to endure the acid test of a term in prison. s Well, it was better s« 1 should have greater op- Portunity to put in operation my theories anent re- habilitation. 1 had always maintained that the old prejudice ion was rapidly dis- nin pr ereat majority of people stood vho had fallen gainst the man who h appearing. | believed 1 ready to extend enco ment to those and were trying to rise again SOCIETY UNPREJUDICED? The time had come, I reasoned, when penal institution should throw aside the veil of meet life in the open, admitting the fact of his imprisonment Tt was utterly inconsistent and unbelievable that society should inmate of a ur and secrecy oses of punishment and reformation and, the theory of release under the unc letermin. sey: and deny the effi f bet wudiati the Tete. ed a ni fasted and ps for the day MEETS “SHORTY” JACK And then. as I was leav Jack. T had known adjoining looms inmate of the logical con: ignorant, il! possessing rightly directec treditable characte He would divide his last “ra tion” of tobacco with the first one who asked him for it. | him ins gener would have formed the basis of a reall had known him, innocent. to 1 hee r assume blame for a serious ¢ 1 and violation of prison rules, in or tenced t ter der that the rea! culprit might cus count Is fe ra escape punishment and not be en had t lered t deprived of his chance of re wr He é anted to « lease at the next meeting of — straight; | ng seemed t the prison board. (One of the re conspire to thrust ack into t quirements of the board is cauldron of criminal j s that applicants for release Resigned to Injustice shail have six months’ clear Ora ible wn prison record.) wht, ts GimdkA elt He In Back Alleys of Life ven reached that last resort of t In a favorable environment, he ynfortunate—the silent acceptance had it within him to make 004; of jnjustice, without surprise and Imt he sefmed to lack the strength without tment and the training necessary to cre 1 did r to encourage | ate that environ it ‘1 * he slunk along the h ered with the he back alleys of life ita of the inarticulate. “I war self out of place on its ed od s 1 dt fares " e other people He had been out of prison abo > respecta to have six months and had secured and ¢riends an ea an'—a fe Jost several jobs because his prison re was a girl. * * pecord had relentles followed | give d wait for me. * He had the stamp of the put she got tired, | guess. * irison indelibly upon him. Hisyshe ¢% 1 was no good slouching galt side glances w, what's de w is half defiant attitude toward the off abruptly, in id in general, would arouse dis oking straig ad of him trust in the most credulous Dere's a dick standin’ on de co Bore Fatal imprint ner. If he spots you wit’ me, he's It was indeed little wonder that able to run us both in. I'm goi to blow So long, and good Iu And with the agility of the habit ually hunted, he lost himself in the ADVERTISING MANAGER'S |f “T° bp os stig First a w, what's e use?” DAILY TALK 1 could hear Shorty Jack's words long after he had left 1 stood on that corner for quite a while. What would Fate have In store for me? SERVICE Was | wrong in my belief that society's prejudices against such as | were disappearing? The enterpr nerch Would |, too, in six months be advertises in 1 saying, “What's the use?” part of his eer y | wondered and wondered 1iseg his space ‘ latest news prices, etc cial bargain a about the pends on much you profit forts to serve (Another of No. 1724's stories on prison life and freedom will appear tomorrow.) WOMAN FREED BY Reameicres on GERMAN INVADERS tle’s best stores appear Jarly in The Star. MERLIN, via ‘ Charges that nother Deaconesse {, more eau today, VOLUME 19. the. reformation siiccted | (suc h ist MORE THAN 60,000 copies |f 'N0" 10 « saltvered DAILY fer ¢ ition of the| the official | DEATH RATE RECORDS onUW Seattie established herself as the healthiest city in the world, | and shattered records of all } com that time when official figur piled Thursday show only 7.06 people for every 1,000 population died here during 1916. in 1915 the death rate was 7.44. There had never before been such a low record for cities of corresponding population 06 haw never during al I can find out,” said sioner McBride. Deaths Down Population Up ear was 244 This number i« 19 han 191 Seattle's pe at cording to the United States nsus depart | ment, increa 30,834 to 348 629 from 191 Canses of dea in Seattie dar ing 1916 have not yet been segre gated,” said Dr, McBride, “But it | | le safe to say that our death record | consign a number of her members to imprisonment for pur- jean be lowered still more if we in after the punish-| crease accommodations at Firlands and take care of double the number Of trberetiar pereone, Should Be Segregated ng 150. There are who ought THE ONLY _PAPER IN “SEATTLE ‘THAT DARES ‘TO PRINT THE NEWS SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917 The Seattle Star ON THAIN ONE CENT $n Mrs. Frances C. Axtell Appointed to the most important] jurisdiciton, jon ever offered by the na jal government to a woman of th Northwest, Mra. Frances C, Axtell,/Insurance fund to pay workers tn of Rellingham, tod was named jyred while engaged tn interstate by Secretary of Labor William cominerce x member of the federal; Mrx Axtell is the wife of Dr. W oare H Axtell, of Bellingham, and was je today on her| the each’ of whom ge by Congressman Hadley of Belling a yea Mre. Ax-bam. She has the distinction o' ¢ neertain today whether being one of the firat two wome e ld accept positior serve in the legislature of t as wired Secr wi to state at eff ts, she will) A graduate of De Pauw univer ave ton ity, Mrs, Axtell has n promi T ensation board nent in ¢ affairs o elty and wa " an act of the|state. She ts 50, and the mother ast Ke of congress, and has lof two grown daughters CHRISTMAS TREE the industrial ce das in state, of the government Tabi! in- 0 WANTED ON TALE OF TAR DRIVER PHILADELPHIA | “flier ng | of Bernard w Wenman Lewis yer been Jan. 4.—A call for the arrest Lewis, son of Pittsburg law who is believed to the | ped at the apartment Colbert the da dered, was se day | The have In taxi which stop. { Mazie was mur to she broadcast “flier” accuses Lewis of having defrauded Ellwood Powell, taxi chauffeur, of $19 fare. Police deny they connect him with complicity in the mur der itself. Information has | come to them, the police said, that leads to the belief that Lewis was in the machine last Friday Detective faxhional onped | were taken to headqua terday | tion who women arters late le informa They ar * dexc ribed | by Elwood Pow i driver, as having ridden to Germantown ite a man in his car. After the-worien had been left at] |a street corner, Powell said, the} man inquired abont the direction! of wtreets. Then he asked to be driven to ¥ lwhere the death. Pe his fare stranger part partment her del 4 from met la women} Powell the n sought the first f the best parts 1 their attention ey nee real ely ider of ¢ one « town, ar 8 color n the taxi” les to t to the re that he is prominent The police claim an a for the Western brewer, who aid to t der guard. Thur night this man wax said to have been irinking heavily. He was taken to on Fairmount sined there n house ave | aguinet senate action He expressed ¢ f the fact NIGHT EDITION With all Billingsleys Pielc the and too, talh there's w ing freely no fun in Seattie any more for guil ty officers, eb ANU NEWS FTANDS fe SEATTLE BECOMES WORLD’S HEALTHIEST CITY MRS. AXTELL IS NAMED ON U.S. COMPENSATION e It Sets [5 LOWEST, BOARD = =a YEAR LODGE ATTACKS NOTE. SENT BY PRESIDENT: LEWIS DEFENDS IT WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—President Wilson and Col. E. M. House today are working on details for the president's next move toward peace. It is expected to come shortly after this government receives the official text of the entente reply to the president's first note to the belligerents. By J. P. Yoder Pr ndent W \SHINGTON, Jan, +——Gen, Lodge, republican, interpreted President Wilson’s note to belligerents 10 day as involving dangerous interference in European | politic He warned the senate not to indorse the message unless President Wilson openly asks it, and especially not until he takes the senate into his confidence. Assailing the administration for the second timé in as many days, he again pointed to the secrecy Sut rounding all steps that have been tak Sen. Lewis, dem., held Lodge’s interpretation to be unwarranted Lewis viewed the note more as a justifiable medias tion step, : ese opposite v were aired|to the press gallery and mentioned n sharp debate in the senate over stories from abroad, which said Cou} Andrassy President Wilson knows Germany's peace terms Has Germany's Terms? ‘These terms,” he sald, “may have come to President Wilson in the Hitchcock resolution to indorse Wilson's note. Lodge Was Bitter Lodge was bitter in counseling in the dark. xtreme disappro t the senate >! is not He declared that other than the usual channels, It” sident’s confidence is entirely within his diseretion to t the U. S. ought not to! have these come secretly, but when | a hand in peace affairs, | our co-operation is asked we are of the entente’s expressed | entitled to have the same informa toward e suggestions |tion that the president has he sug that a wo We ought not to be asked to eace enforc gue as hinted |act in the dark,” he said 3 at by the ion would I have no official copies,” he mean throwing mroe Doc: | said sarcastically, “so I've got to trine overboard do the best I can with press ree The U. 8. w tself with ort 1 intend to fight indorse- cut a nd in th f it med nt of proposals of which we dies further,” Lod know nothing but what we see in Tempers His Attack ihe papers.” Incidentally, he tempered Lewis Scoffs 2+ Lodge yesterday attac upon Ger Senator Lewi who followed, Ambassador Von Bernstorff. Wil-| scoffed at Lodge's idea that the on was ft the of | Hitehcock resolution involved en= fi Lewis ‘tangling alliances or dangerous — prospects. I avoid- | resolution contended that the ely approved Wil- aid to me mat Ne or alrequest for peace terms. ved he Ml e tone The resolution does not ask ap tually in this city, where the Lewis declared President Wil | proval of the contents of the note/® 1 1 ice can la ands on him with. | ®t secrecy in diploma was said Lewis. “It merely approves uch trouble. referable to President Roosevelt's |action of the president in sending macy “as shown tn the selzure note.” { w, the Se . t] nama, with on ewis said | proves the con- “o ae HE'S RICH COAL MAN p.m. th He . anery Baede < mes that sp rom r arms, She screamed| PITTSBURG, Jan Lewis se reed privimicntg. ey her he would be willing to aGs r aah ames ee persay he n 2 yA Bat, at the screar Pata ines lltley Ba Nee sig [Senator Hitchcock moved for f an amendment, saying the in- iL iris med soba eid . aamgart. girl: to far tn iis Maan So at tee, ther consideration of his resolution rsement did not commit the sen- 7 itt! yet mgart, wh: al Co horn @ senate neled { e thar © approval of e cl te she wae trapped ‘in the bed. Sat iniateen of the /berson ave. Effort get in|! Hee thon’ Benciae Work Np val of the Comsanay tr hg horn 660, : Wow meamibets of "e nou u at this resolution did contait d oom of the home of C door after Mra. Lawson, little Lu f California put an end to discus-| anything involving us in the com h r city fireman, 1758 Alki 4 ediately were futile i & us \° son, a city the wrong door into on by starting a marathon speech | flict of Europe, | would join in the and ga ave., Wednesday afternoon bedro The flames and smoke |! operator Ing that the | of farewell to the ent of the Massachusetts He After consuming the Lawson ere upow her instantly, and she|recetver was “off the hook and|°%, ean ae Mecca sen- home, the fire leaped to neigh ted there they do not answer : re said { boring houses and destroyed Sirota! eillnused than ahal: oe Tees, 0. We and ver é four other homes, before it jeached the ontaid rominent. sociall S WIFE € the fire tug Ouwamish. naide arted to gi to he been ormed * " 0 ‘OP CASE e ae Sound rail heat quotation of Bernstorff n y only child other homes destr ant “Germany is ready to| G. J. Lardner, former Portland horitle vat f the ur 4 to J. B, Cornelison. olle the Heht which the Wilson | 0@nker, held in the city jail, charge licked u » preading flames.|~ickson and Herbert Wa eispion Hote a ed with bigamy, will continue to * RENTON LINE TRACK Mra. Lawson lighted t Chr The total Ic wa about $4,000 " sia. ‘Germat rede th fa est for the time being, mas tree to entertain her ¢ nd each of the houses was partial ar hits Deputy Prosecutor Helsell refus bab nd little Lucile, who had ty { red t corres} nt expla th ed to acce three bondsmen who Immediately after the candles | trict in Seattle, following the new ring to the pleasing parallel wbout | Sign his bond for $1,500. fCrraciersiies (aleriitaied tie" Whi camest Me n lighted, the tree burst Two infant children were burned the light shed by the Star of Beth.|_ Lardner says he believes wife tle, Stevens ae ae Yon't \inte a toreb, which kindled the/to death there 12 days ago, 1en TULSA, Okla., Jan. 4.—A cy. lebeta No. 1 will consent to a divoree bes now whether they are engaged in Pus the home of Walter Peterson was) clone destroyed a schoolhouse Warns Against Entangiements | !ore the ¢ is brought to trial, RP ak Mrs, Lawson rushed out with her| destroyed at 425 Alld ave near Blocker at noon today Lodge then counseled against en di General Man Brown Early reports were that sev. |tanglements in European affairs THE PLANT of the Ames Ship. hursday that there was no stri eral children were killed Indorsement of the note, with | building & Drydock Co. is practical: d that all of men were work ts idea o guaranty of |ly 50 per cent completed and will 0g save five, who refused to go to peace, woul such be to lay their first n back o7 the 10-hour schedule ditiona American policy ae ee U : ainlas a tae ae eee ee LSON’S ees ee n place of @ nine bots chadta wi N BURDENS When we abandon the tradition e On the other hand, one of the \ policy of separation,” he con e who did not return to work BY CARL D. GROAT nued, “we are taking a lor plained there is a real strike on U. P, Staff Correspondent and We ht to know wh and a majority of the trackmen are WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The ad. | are going iting until a complete under ministration today added Mexican| “I think the people who. are anding had been completed mon matters to its list of diplomatic | fighting the Magee J to make A long day on a roe here are 59 trackmen 1 1 moves shrouded in secrecy, Presi. | their own peace eutrals are spe +t 4 fee re ar rackmer WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Investigation Permits awe crt eeeded te the Geman |. taih.. Dught son PERSHING’S CHIEF by the house rules committee of the note leak chirce of tie Mexican problem, reply last and with it a rest * ° the American peace commission Rips Into “Secrecy” fini 5, t. “ali A AID IN EL PASO charges will start tomorrow with Rep. Wood, ()° iii informed him its work | Lodge fairly. ripped ints “admin Ing spot ma California Ind., as the first witness, the committee an- ‘0 * (700) “iidvaval and border istration secre f mountain meadow. ¢ ’ protection protocol w nitless e declared inst mericw kL. PASO. Jan. 4-—Maj, Jonn NOunced today following a two hours’ ses-) While the Americans plan a interference in European attoirs IMAGINE— jo ORearterpt ie iS Ga Bar| oe meeting with their Mexican col-{and excoriated the administration pry . me) ' eached here today from sion. leagues, this Was understood to be! for asking a blanket indorsement ; vacation ig the gran- cadquarters. It was atated| Wood Introduced the origina em | erely formal farewell to its negotiation deur of the moun. not significant, but ir reeolution, demanding a probe of LS I shall resist the attempt to wes ' taj, Hines may viel ;reports that high officials or ral Wi ON HAS TERMS bring the senate indorsement of a tains Wast tor tives of high offiefals profited in resolution, aj ving any steps o : CU aGs nie OF PEAGE REPORT WURLEY RESIGNS 90°50" That's ‘Overland Red SHE'S THE LESSEE on t {dent's note to bells AMSTERDAM, Jan, 4 Co. vid We do not ask what the ats ertan e 1‘ thor | 40 of the | erent logne Volks Zeitung today confirm-; WASHINGTON, Jan W. M.|president is doing, but ff any Buens Vista apartme 633 Boyl Thomas W, Lawson, who charg-/en the staten credited to Count| Hurley, chairman of the federal|}roval of his acts is wanted, we \ novel by Harry Hers ton a natead of being an em-led there was a $60,000,000 clean-up |Andrassy yesterday that Ger-|trade commission, today tendered|ought to know what we are ap se nibb: ‘ love of the establishment, as stalin Wall St, will be subpoenaed by /many's peace terms are now in the! his resignation, It was accepted | proving | bert K . bs, I eginning ed in The Star Wednesday, wire. uands of President Wilson, by the president, Discussing secrecy, Lodge turned Monday in The Star, La o