The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 12, 1920, Page 1

EVERETT YOUTH IS CONDEMNED Tides in Seattle MONDAY Pivst High TURSDAY JAN Piest Low Tide " On the I Entered as Second Class Matter May 2, Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Comproaue Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. iF the Act of Congress March | TheSeattlesS lar | Serond Low Tide TO Lage) RAPALA PAPA CENTS Late Edition Rae B Mai! 9.00 Per Year. b: $6.00 to VOLUME a : AS IT SEEMS rT TO ME DANA SLEETH | | } LMOST every one has come to the auto, but occasionally ye hear of some conservative who clings to his team ef bob led driving horses, under the de ™ that the auto is a mere ine | human machine, withett under- standing, temperament or person Any autoist wilt tell yOu that there fs as much personality, as | much @g0, and considerable more | deviltry about many so-called ma- chines than about the worst out | law hoss that ever eumfished a A, luckiess cowman to an early grave G Take that flivver of mine, for bs instance: It's as temperamental as | a any other member of the family, 4 and a durn sight more stubborn 7 OR three months it has been kicking and back firing and walking on three legs, because I woukin’t get it an over coat Along about Thanksgiving time the fiivver sez to me one frosty morning: “Wheeze, grunt, gee, it's —I wish you'd get me an over- didn’t I give What you “Go wan.” I sald: you a self-starter? kickin’ about?” Every morning and every after- noon it was like that, It would sulk, and spit, and grumble, and unless I took a day off and warmed ite internals with a good working Fsout, it one-stepped for miles at a time. When the cold gpell came along, I fed it a Gotiar’s worth of wood alcohol, and for a week or twa it looked on the brighter side of life, bet as the days grew warmer and ) the memory of its spree wore away, | it turned sluggish again, and every peraing we had {t out about this . I'm cold; um vhen you gonna git that overcoat “Ain't no overcoat * atall plugs, What more you want, you Foad tick?” | _ “Brr, bang! Gee, I'm cold. Some 4 day you'll be sorry.” And every morning it balked a bit more, and every afternoon it i bucked a bit harder until the cll max came when you could not see 1O}" 20 feet and everybody q was hurrying home, : | 3 | | | this filyver and 1 started, and right on the car tracks at Seventh | ’ | | gonna get You got three new spark oe j ONE of these recent dis mal, foggy evenings, and Union it stopped dead Half a block away came a street car, full speed; 1 stepped on the starter; it «pun, but no explosion; I yanked on the printer and gave ita full shot of gas; nothing doing; for haif a second it looked like the beastly flivver would wind up a stubborn career with one grand | but the motorman stopped his car with the fender three inches from my running board, and | tx head a ave @ cough smash then the fivver turn bit, saw it had failed, and a grunt and went away from there. I went down and | a woot | next da bough overcoat with ining pe to out Queer p low tight an ‘ain that you droop | of the brute; then I | t, atubborn beastie | nd th nd gave it Anne Nt the hills Mr has: and I did ‘em on the curtain tied down 4 when it had steamed up and when every | anatomy 1 personalit absolutely SKYLIGHT BURGLARS ROB CASH REGISTER oreed an of the register of $10 at 6 a, m. Monday it was reported to the poli A maiden lost her bathing dress, || he didn't blush or show dis- tress an Lost and Found she pinned free tickets to ]j Get know that his succ has tions. If we don’t know who the successor is, we are merely voting for a vote of four to one. SS SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JANUARY 12, MR. CALDWELL WRITES Editor The Star: I am writing this upon the theory that courtesy re- quires an answer to the inquiry contained upon the front page of The Star of January 9th, headed, “Who Is He, Mr. Caldwell?” In the first place, I wish to say that I should dislike to get into a con- troversy with your pa- per, but the fear of a controversy will not de- ter me from making whatever criticism of the present administra- tion that I think the vot- ers are entitled to have brought to their atten- tion. [ agree with you that it is to be regretted that the municipal rail- way should be placed in polities but it is my firm intention, if eleeted mayor, to take it out of polities as far as this can be done. That means exactly what I said in my speech referred to by you, that those placed in charge of municipally owned utilities “will be capable or experienced, or both.” I did not mention the present superintendent of utilities, but your ar- * *£ * * j 1 * ticle concludes that the cap which I made fits him, and you then say: “So, if we analyze the thing right, Murphine will stay on the job if Fitzgerald is elected, and he'lly have to get off if Caldwell wins.” If agreeable, I would like to ask a question here: Do you speak for Mr. Fitzgerald in this matter, or does your ar ticle express the hope of the write The reason I ask this is, that in his first speech of the cam- paign Friday Mayor Fitzgerald, appearing be- fore the members coun- cil of the Chamber of Commerce, the former secretary of which is now the mayor's private secretary, is quoted by local papers as saying that he favors placing the city administration on a BETTER business basis, and the “operation of the street cars under a traffic expert” and the separation of the duties of such expert from those of superintendent of utilities. The lack of co-ordination existing at the city hall is illustrated by the article in your paper and Mr. Fitz- * * % * both same gerald’s made day. While I realize that your paper four years ago supported Mr. Mur- phine for corporation counsel as against me, and that after he was eliminated at the pri- maries my refusal to promise to appoint him city attorney in ex- change for his proffered support caused him to support my opponent in the finals, it is to be re- gretted that these facts should cause him to so neglect the duties of superintendent of utili- ties to take a prominent part in Fitzgerald's po- remarks, upon the litical campaign as to make it the topic of gen- eral conversation about town and to cause you to resent my remarks. I gan assure The Star and the people of Se- attle that I have made no promises directly or indirectly to y particular “to any” office in the event that I am elected’ mayor, and I shall maintain this policy until after I shall have been elected. I was led to believe that The Star had con- * * * *% The Star’s Reply The fact, of course, remains that Mr. Caldwell omits the answer to the question The Star asked. “Since it is plain that Mr. In substance Caldwell’s the issue in the mayoralty campaign question was this: is the municipal railway and the removal of the present head of the de- partment, whom does he _intend to appoint instead? Will it be a bet- ter man or a wérse man? The Star asked the question to enlighten itself and to enlighten the voters of Seattle. So far as the personal character of Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Murphine are concerned, nothing but praise can be accorded to them. The Star, campaigns. —and it has also opposed each of t best man for the office. Now comes the mayoralty a ction. seeking to be well is “out” nem. Mr. “j the usual method of the candidate who is on the administration. position that criticism alone is not sufficient. by constructive suggestion. There is no question that every department at the city hall can be improved upon—if the right men tained service. true ment in the county state and national gov- can be ob- to better the The same is every depart- and of ernment. The same is true of nearly every business house. But, before any one is thrown out, we should greater qualifica- “pig ina poke.” When the city bought | the municipal railway, | the people had voted for the purchase by a It Clemmer Theatre. Par- || Was universally ticulars on Classified Ad }) manded. Why? page. Phone Main 600. cause the private com- | pany’s service had ‘If agreeable, Do you speak for Mr. Fitzgerald is “in. And being on the out.” The Star has no objection to that. It must be in the past, has seen fit to support each of them in various It has supported Murphine and Fitzgerald and Caldwell f It always sought to judge the ” Mr. Cald- he falls into criticises the we take the accompanied “out,” He 3ut I would like to ask a question here: Fitzgerald?” From Caldwell's letter to The Star. Mr that The S more than twenty ye independently, Caldwell does not need our statement to KNOW r is the political organ of NO ONE. The Star has stood its ground speaking its For own voice, influenced by nothing but the dictates of conscience and justice and right. The politicians to devise anyone to run for best man, who file, else—and the public broken down. No ex- tensions had been made for years. A seven-cent fare was demanded. The city has run the railway system less than a year. During that year the service has im- proved, It is not per- fect, of course, but it is Star does not pull political strings or meet with campaigns. any office. one any political favors or political plums. in its judgment, and supports that man say about candidates and office-holders, it says and clearly in the printed pages of Th It has never asked It has never asked any- It picks the out of all the candidates And what it has to plainly nowhere The Star Star. t how constantly growing bet- ter. The nickel fare is be- ing retained in Seattle, while most everywhere else it is 7 cents, and even as high as 10 cents. It is easy enough to kick, It is not so easy to improve _ things. LETTER TO THE STAR | | | Several Deaths Occur in} Oklahoma Epidemic TULSA, Okt = Jan. 12.—Five hun-| jdred persons, one-fourth of the pop-| ulation of Skiatook, chole The sickness begins with! “God answered my prayers,” said Jan attack of dysentery, the patient | yr trict = prayed that my girl |fe betause of a man, Then she| Linton was ordered to drive josing weight rapidly, according to|would change her. mind, and she|°b@nged her mind and swam back.”| Marysville, On the way out the report rs Mrs. Friend said the family had de-|was persuaded to take the © "Leaving her parents a note in|°ied not to prosecute the broker in| Home Acres road, unpaved and lwhten she anid she wae infatuated |te cee tle traveled, and on this Jon “La h Co: t t”? with a bi rin the L. C. Smith Let Affair Drop track, Linton was shot twice by ug! ntes |building, and wax going to end her] “It is better to let the affair drop,"| White, the police say. | ‘The boys | life in the lake, Miss Fr she said. “He. is a married man and| then robbed the body of $15, took here. fidence in my integrity and desire to serve the people as a wnoie, as evidenced in an editorial at the time I was a can didate for re-election as corporation counsel in 1918. The Star said: “Seat Hugh ¢ ney ff He has made good. Make him cor nei Caldwell has the spirit and ability to nerve the people dill gently He fights injustice with energy, He does not mitemtep. Me sees the iasuce voters should hire well ax thelr attor- another two years. a coun clearly.” In conclusion I will say that I have not stat- ed that I will, remove any particular person, but I have laid down cer- tain propositions relative to the management of our municipally owned utilities. Of course, if you are correct that the propositions are so in- consistent with the pol- icy being followed and to be followed by the pre: Su lent of, ositions must be dis garded or the official go, then the latter will hap- pen, so far as I am con- cerned. Very respectfully, HUGH M. CALDWELL. 500 SUFFERING FROM MALADY Winners wi Live cluded * in Laugh and which con y night, will be an nesday as soon as all ibutions are judged nounced the contr When Mr. Caldwell, in his opening speech of the campaign, showed that his chief, if not only, point of criticism of Fitzgerald was his retention of the present superintendent of utili- ties, it is but fair to the voters to inform them whom else Mr. Caldwell would place in charge of such important work. The Star is not at all antagonistic to any im- provement Mr. Cald- well can produce. The Star is neither for Mr. Fitzgerald nor against Mr. Caldwell in the campaign thus far. The Star is willing to be shown—and it believes that most of the voters feel the same way about it. And so the question still remains: Whom does Mr. Caldwell offer the voters? 16 miles from are reported by physicians to | be seriously ii! with a strange mal-| ady department. & curred A physician expressed the opinion | |that the disease was a mild form of 1920. | tempted to escape in the taxi. Miss Nellie Friend, termined to drown herself terminate an unhappy love af- fair with a married man last Fri- day night, was under a doctor's care on the verge of pneumonia which baffles the state health) \fonday in the t tae veral deaths hav oc 402 28rd ave., after a plunge the iey waters of Lake Washing. from her home about 8 day evening. Twenty min her mother and father hurr the lake shore, They searched all night. Failing to find a trac par. | ents, Mr, and Mrs. A. T. Friend; of the miss te | mother raid | block be: | water to prison ing girl, they informed the police on | broker Saturday found wandering about park, Her clothing was {and she seemed dazed able to remember the address of he At the police station the youth the night before, furs was found. clared the t burglary d with the furs, robbing a store t January 1 man youth, despite hin an amateur, is a Perry at first declares ust one,” for many other robberies, however, denies any other jobs. Harris picked Perry up on susple mitted robbing six stores in Aubur Perry's room was Jocated and a | trunk containing about $800 worth of Auburn job was his first but upon being | he con at Mount | empt to pose as | Ho | Dodge, millionaire Nisendts manu: believes that the youth is responsible | facturer, il with pneumonia at the Perr; Rite Can hotel, was reported out guments in New's behalf when court! story of their abruptly-halted career ion ad capital punishment had ar. He She was un-loffered to take or to enter the ras very cold think how foolish she was to end her | call. 1, the visits h mov “Nellie is an expert swimmer,” “She swam out about a| two’ days, ond the boat house, The/| Pate decreed that Lee Linton, She began to| murdered man, callin said the broker had/ up a grocery store they knew his dau Ps aS a This is Isom White, 19-year-old youth, sentenced by an Everett jury to) jhang for the murder of Lee Linton, taxi driver, November 19. Unless the boy's attorneys are successful in appealing the case, young White will be the first to hang since the legislature legalized year ago. Linton was shot and killed, then robbed, by White, who 'Lovesick Girl, Who Wrote Death Note, Found at Lake 8, whe de |home, and could not tell her own name. After she had been taken home|their way to Mexico. |her recollection returned mother says, told of diving into the jlake near a boat house |it wouldn't do any good to send him| I think my daughter has decided to have nothing more to do|t¥rned and spoke thra the with him.” According to the girl's father, the| his head, killing him instantly, been Sunday Miss Friend was | Friend frequently for a Madrona} Friend » drenched | 80 ng on 1 not been ghter star South SLEUTHS CHECK DEFENSE OPENS UP ‘BOY BANDIT’ PLEA FOR NEW. Just | the | N ot a will make pected to New's conviet Says He Admits Mt. Vernon Mother of Slain Girl Will Be| The defense today made its before court s sent to the attorneys that Mrs. acquittal of Harry Fur Robbery in Court Seattle detectives are working,} LOS ANGE | M . in an attempt to check the! press) career of Merrill Perry, 19, “boy ban-| plea for the dit,” who was arrested Saturday in a| New, charged with the | pawn shop at Occidental Ave.,| Frieda Lesser, his swee while he was attempting to dispose! Attorney Judd R. Rush opi of burglary loot Detectives A. A. Brown and L, C. convened this morning. with an analysis of the case of the defense on which the insanity plea is based th ‘ourt Attorney final argument, & powerful plea for opened 8. } murder of theart ar: Rush began word he dead girl, on the day Woolwine ex: HORACE DODGE — y YORK, Jan Horace one at- and, her ner {ing about the pool halls there Miss | year. Lately, and Tuesday, south weaterly winds,” g | Give Boyof 19 Death © First to Suffer Capital F ishment Verdict Under New State Law SMILES; MOTHER CRI | | | EVERETT, "Jan. ! (Special.)—Under sen’ jof death for murder, 0 White, 19, was quietly - \ing today for his attorney] lto perfect their appeal for new trial. Meanwhile, jurors were |report today for the beg jning of the trial of Wh alleged accomplice, Jo | D. Morton, 17. 2 Both boys are said to have” | participated in the murder | Lee Linton, an Everett di near here November White was found guilty $ urday, and was sentenced the jury to be handged. lis the first sentence of since the capital puni law was restored in this White took the calmly and left the courtroo with a smile playing about hi lips. His mother and were overcome and = time. 7 Unless he gota 1 a new tr White will be taken to. penitentiary at Walla W and hanged by the warden. White was convicted of mu the Everett taxicab driver as @ of a scheme to hike for Mexico join Villa and live a life of outlawe land freedom. Fifteen dollars all the boy bandits obtained they robbed their dead victim, The two boys were captured in hotel at Bellingham by Sheriff. Cullough and the Bellingham According to the stories of boys, they had conceived the that in Mexico lay the chance little real excitement and Under the leadership of the ous Francisco Villa they dreamed | endless pillage and rich loot. Needed a Car Having figured this out, to the police, they set about | The first step was to obtain a They set out from their home | Stanwood for Everett. After han they called a rent should answer the | At car and drove to Florence. the first shot fired, | partition. A second shot Planned Store Robbery The next stop planned by | youths was to enter Florence, jana provision up for the trip to on the road to Fi fright overtook them, They dashed wildly thru the Nttle town and finally were brought to a stop near j Milltown by the muddy roads, this point, their bravado seems 1 |huve deserted them, for they abame doned the car, The boys walked to Mount |non, and from there proceeded Bellingham White went to a agent and enlisted in’ under the name of Gunder Before could take } eruiting | navy | son. he Jan, 122—4U: nited | physical examination, the boys a arrested | They Once they the custody of officers, broke down completely tween sobs managed to Confessed reached 5 the boys and ve tell the” [of adventure, The boys, King county” there later rushed to for safety, when was tlk of a lynching im Everett, | According to Sheriff McCullough, it was the younger lad, Morton, who was the real leader of tho It was White who fired the that killed Linton, but it | was Morton who suggested the kill (ing, declares the sheriff. It was | Morton who figured out the plan | to escape to Mexico and join Villa Jand his band of outlaws, a ding: to the sheriff, a White is a son of Mr, B. A. White of Stans is the son of