The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 1

| . ¥ of Washington, ive Mansion, Severe er oe <—« SIGN THIS TODAY AND MAIL IT TO GOV. HART is against the public interest, and believing that ‘the Christmas will be made happier for thousands if the sentence passed by I most respectfully petition you to com ute to life imprisonment the death sentence passed upon Isom White, that Isom White’ @ay that her boy is no longer In the shadow of the gallows, © court is not carried out, And to act in tine » NANO oe Been semen sceene owe ewe en ewe cones teem ecenee- +: NURPOS eae ee mggn mee + on nae oe ee - WY cenne cowes oes other may know on Chrisunas State ... ROR AAA Ez Weather a a) Maxinaten pene Temper sture Last 24 Hours 9 Today noon, 49, f VOLUME — Story’ (There's a ‘story’ in every man you ‘Matt Minerick. Black Hills Gold. Hungry Immigrants, A String of Ducks. ARMSTRONG EES that Alfred utation for verac spotiess, nickless and de { ess. 49 said of the former King county | cuter that he was once stand in a corridor of the Alaska build-| where he offices, waiting for an tor. An acquaintance approach: and asked: | “Ip the elevator up or down?” And Al, answered: Who. then, would question the au ticity of his statements regard. the prowess of Matt Minerick, hunter and old-timer of the tk Hills of South Dakota, as Al Ms having heard them from the of Minerick himself? D DISCOVERED N THE BLACK HILLS d was discovered in the Black {mn "TT. Minerick headed the that followed. He found gold in negligible quantities, the made hie living principAilly his cartridge had but one charge | having shot the other 19 away | practicing. Matt was undismayed. He ® strihg to his last bullet and it carefully into his gun. Just moment he beard a thander ipeand it bewan to rain. The dry became a rushing river. The thunder startled the docks on log. eraned their necks, ‘that all their heads were in a di- line, just ‘as Matt let drive with rifle. The bullet went true, plerc- each duck’s head and drawing ~ thru the hole after it. The jo ducks, strung on the went down into the racing \ tt sfid down the steep bank them. As he did #0, the sharp cut several holes in the seat overalls. a plunged into the stream and ted bravely with the treacherous but got hold of the string rescued his ducks. without considerable annoy- from another source, however, of hungry fish leaped thru pies in his overalls until the us seat of them was complete- eAitho this was an exceptionally yy coincidence in one respect, in Mt meant fieh for the immigrants i as fowl, it did not exhiler- tt particularly. Matt did not for fish any more than he did @uck, as a food. Hare was his ct } oF AND THERE 18 A RABBIT, YARDS AWAY “Nevertheless, be crawled out of ereek with the birds over his ider and the fish in his pants, Ny satiafied with his day's work. hat moment the rain ceased, and left he beheld, looking at him fi betirid a sagebrush 200 yards nt, a rabbit, a tid-bit for which would gladly have given all his and ducks. “Forgetting for the momemt that fy rifle was empty, Matt ran up the| ‘Boy Pulls Weapon on Principal ik to where he had left his gun, pt over and picked it up. As he fled the piece and took deliberate he wis surprised to see the topple over dead.” “He hurried over and picked the nal up,” says Al. “A pants but- , burst off by the weight of the h when Matt bent over to pick up gun, was buried tn the rabbit's ull between the eyes.” ARDING IS INVITED HERE { President-elect Harding was Friday wited to come to Seattle, In a tele. sent to him at } pres, president of the Chamber of Bormmerce 4 The telegram sald: porta say you plan visit California in January. We leprdially and earnestly invite you to it the Pacific Northwest nd to so nge your itinerary as to in¢lude pe Siena taser onnerny the bulwark of truthful-/ ton by 8. Ft. | i} | | failed to;throw up his hands. Saturday, Minimum, 41. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be N The Seattle Star PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN VOLUNTEER to RA Jo Compromise Batered an Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattle, Wash. under the Act of Congrons March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 <=> Hgeway ROBBERIES have increased|in a manner to discourage the temptations of the degenerate? The full: power of punishment ‘for this cent here since last year. In 1919, bias November 15 and, December} SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDA ‘ DECEMBER 17, 1920. 5 PISTOL TOTERS SAY TO SEATTLE: HANDS UP! robbery 15, there were 29 holdups. During the same|offense, vested in.a state law which makes period of 1920, holdups totaled 49. Thesejit a gross figures are taken from police reports, mum penalty Guns, allowed to drift into the hands of|in the county irresponsible persons, are the prime cause |invoked. of this crime wave that is sweeping Seattle | and the entire nation. Officials admit this. Records prove it.) Experience confirms it. Not the darkness, nor the gruff voice, uncanny mask or des- |“ perate daring of the bandit enables him to rob a citizen. It is the GUN that makes the holdup. Without these guns, highway robbery would be nearly non-existent. To abolish | guns is, of course, tmpossible. T6 restrict their use is feasible. * HE STATE OF NEW YORK, in an ef- fort to decrease the number of gun crime’, has enacted a gun registration law. Heavy sentences are being given robbers and gunmen in general. But here, in Seattle, is the possession of a gun, the portentous thing that makes| robbers and robberies, punished severely, bail as low as penalty of one Justice court complaints sworn to against the weapon carriers, Most lof the cases are ge the city ordinance limits the penalty © $100 and 30 days in jail. edad even this pitiful flick of the law’s lash \is inflicted rarely. Caught in possession i a man will be fined at least $100. Caught carrying a concealed weapon, which makes him a potential robber, a man is released on misdemeanor, carrying a maxi- of one year imprisonment jail and $1,000 fine, is rarely are’ seldom disposed of in police court, 6f a bottle of liquor, $25. c LICE ARRESTED 33 men in possession of concealed weapons between November 6 and December 15, 1920. Three of this number were charged in jus- tice court. The supreme penalty there is six |months’ imprisonment and $500 fine. The superior court statute, wielding a year imprisonment and $1,000 (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Thug Beats Man With Gun Butt; With blood streaming from his out. mouth, J, F, McMullen, 923 21st ave. reported to the police early Friday morning that he had been bludgeon ed by tyo highwaymen when he George Butler, 35, Henry Taylor and Butler were identified by A. E. Berg, proprietor of @ cardroom at 1706 Yesler way, as |the bandits who stuck up his place November 30, escaping with $60 loot Frank Taylor was identified by Y Tit, 227 14th ave., as one of the two men who rob him of $240 in, cash and checks a week ago. The Japa- nese declared that the gun found on Taylor was the same as that used by When H. F. Wilson, 8662 54th | the highwayman. ave, knocked ‘down a stick-up who Believed by the polices. to be mem- had attempted to rob him Thursday |bers of a highly-organized gang of night, he did not know that the |automobile thieves, Edward Wallace, highwayman carried a gun, A bul and C. Davis, 23, were held in let whistled thru his coat a moment later. Wilson escaped and reported the thwfirted theft to the Columbia station. ‘Three negroes, arrested in a whole sale round-up of bandit suspects in| the lower end of town, have been identified by two of their victims. The men are Henry Taylor, Frank Taylor, his brother, 31, MeMullen was stopped at 21st ave. and EB. Cherry st. by the bandits, On his show of fight, one of the high waymen struck him across the mouth with a heavy revolver. ‘The robbers obtained $15 and a gold watch. gation of their activities here. The men were riding in an auto- mobile reported as stolen in Portland week ago, In the car was a com. plete vet of toolx for changing tho * numbers of automobiles. fforts are being made to connect the men with @ great number of auto thefts in the Northwest 26;| and the city jall Friday, pending investi-| Principal F. H. Plumb, of the Denny school, was backed into a cor- ner by Lioyd Golding, 17, former student, and held there by a pistol in the hand of the boy, when an at tempt was made to arrest the lad late Thursday. Golding is said to have escaped | from the state training sehool at Che hali«. Harller in the day, the boy was re- ported by girl puptlg when they found him in a baseni®ht lavatory He escaped after a chase by the school authorities, but returned to claim two note books which he had | dropped. Calling the janitor, H, Neerland, | to hold Golding while he summoned |the police, the schoo! principal turn ed toward the telephone. Squirming away from his captor, | the poy jerked out a revolyer and | forced the two men to stand aside | while he escaped from the office. Golding’s parents are said to live in Puyallup WILL CALL ONHART TO’ - COMMUTE SENTENCE |Petitions Flock to Olympia Asking Death Doom of Boy Be Revoked | When the aget parents of Isom (| White go to Olympia next Tuesday | to plead with Governor Hart to ve the 1%yearold boy murderer from | [the gallows, they will be aceom- panied by « committee representing the leading churches of Seattlogand | the leading women's organizations of | the state of Washington. Dr, Mark A. Matthews’ suggestion that auch a committee be organized | to appeal to the governor for clem- | ency whe received today with hearty |appreval from many quarters. REV. DK. SIDNEY MORGAN |'TO ACCOMPANY COMMITTEE | Rev. Dr. Sidney Morgan of Queen Anne Episcopal church said he wae unalterably opposed to capital pun ishment and would be glad to ac company Dr. Matthews’ committee and plead for commutstion of Isom White's sentence to life imprison- ment. Objection was ratand in only one D. L Burkhart, peoshosit in’s clube. Mrs Burkhardt the committee,” HUMANITARIAN LEADERS APPROVE THE APPEAL heimer and Mra C. E. Bogardus, all leaders in humanitarianiam and prominent club women, were unani mous in their approval of the com mittee’s plans, and paid they would make the trip to appeal to thesgov- ernor if their family affairs could be arranged, “I am very much opposed to capi- tal punishment,” said Mrs. Burk heimer, “especially for such a young person.” Hazen J. Titus, who will furnish automobiles to carry the committee to Olympia and return, phoned The Star he had some yews on hanging that he would like to express to Governor Hart. Mrs. L. A, Frates, of 1612 Tiat ave, who was instrumental in. raising a fund to perfect Lsom's appeal to the supreme court, which turned him down, when asked if she was still interested in his welfare, replied: “You bet Lam. And I will go with the committee if it can be arranged. I want to see this thing thru. Iam running a hospital out here on Madi son st,, and sometimes things happen at a hospital unexpectedly, but I'll let you know, I want to go.” Senator Joseph Smith, of Everett, who defended young White and who saw his client sentenced under the hanging law that he, Smith, had him. self framed and presented to the legisiature, catne to Seattle today to arrange transportation for - himself and Mr. and Mra. D, A. White, of Stanwood, father and mother of Isom. He will accompany them on |their mission to the executive man- | ston. Mrs. Smith said, “I needed an extra bed, dreswer and rocker for my spare room which I had just rented and, after watching The Star's Want Ad columns for a few days, managed to get the nicest kind of a bedroom set very cheaply from some peo: ple who were leaving the eaty.” have weal ( Perhaps things you little ad in The Star’s For Sale Miscellaneous | Columns Phone Majn 600. you would somo by a Heavyweight — Champion’s| Ear Injured in Fight With | Brennan; Seeks Relief | BY A. F. HARRISON (Copyright. 1920, by the United Prees) NILES, Mich, Deo. 11,—Jack Dempacy, heavyweight champion of the world, arrived here today to con. sult Dr. Frank Bemine, noted ear spe | cial and «port expert. The-viait of Dem; clalist was’ neerey. eth Century Limited, Kearns, to Dempaey’s home for the holidays, at South Rend Ind. bo whe, going to Benton Harbor, where he ‘eeme Billy Minke last “Aviat the mater with dack Demp- ney Perhaps an injured ear is the an- wwer, DR. WILL TREA’ DEMPSEY “Tam expecting Dempsey here to-| day for an indefinite stay,” said Dr. | ‘Bonine in an exclusive statement to the United Pfess correspondent ias this -visit-anything to do with | the injury to his ear which you treat- ed before?” the doctor was asked, “It may be his other ear. I am} not in a position to say until I have made a thoro examination.” ‘The doctor said he would not be at | his office the rest of the day or to-| night. He said that probably tomor- row morning he would be able ,to say | what is the matter with Dempsey. | It wax assumed that the doctor was | leaving his office to spend the re. mainder of the day and evening with Dempsey Dempsey, on his stayed at the ho Dr. Bonine’s office was crowded to- day, as it usually is," Patients from all over the continent were waiting in his office to see him, He hurried | to get thru with his work In order to | be with the champion. DEMPSEY AD' ERS APPEAR WORRIED The physician was reluctant to talk about the visit of the champion when first questioned. He is a great admirer of Dempsey. and his close advisers un t that if the injury to ame generally known. it would be regarded as a vulnerable spot by his future opponents. Dr. Bonine, besides being a close follower of all sports, was a noted sprinter In his college days, He has attended many fighters 1 other athletes, When Gunboat Smith's eye was knocked out at South Bend re: cently in a fight with Harry Greb, Pr. Bonine attended the injured fighter at the ringside, The physician attends practically all major sporting | events in this country FRUITCAKE FOR KING OF SWEDE Tho king of Sweden is to eat Se- made previous visit. of the specialist attle frultcake. A large cake, expecially for the purpose, and bear ling the Swedish coat of arms, was |dispatched Friday to Foreign Minis ter Palmstierna at Stockholm, for {presentation to the king. It was ac companied by a letter signed by over | 100 residents of Seattle, who are na |tives of Sweden or descendants of jSwedes, Andrew Chilberg headed the Ust of signers, who expressed Christ. mas and New Year greetings, The cake was a Chauncey Wright prod- i SAVE ISOM Tr Ew LATE EDITION TWO CENT CENTS IN SEATTLE SOLDIER’S GIRL-WIFE TRIES TO END LIFE © Ona Locomotive Breaks Up Business Crooks’ Plot With Literal Smash, and Thus— Solves Heart Problem of Western Hero While “Jimmy” Finds Missing And the Oregon Midland Railroad Stays in Hands of Honest Men! BANDITS picked the loneliest spot on the line to steal a car and kidnap its owner. But they reckoned with- out the young man who waited in the shadow of the water tank. What he saw gave him the first hint of the under- handed business that was Beving, hob with the desti- pin, the Oregon Mid- The worst enemy of Jim- thought he could buy Jimmy so prevent him from supplying ‘evi- dence. Theirs had been an ad- venturous life, and the way the young secretary tells it, nobody wants to stop until the end. A madman on a wild lo- comotive, who brought things to a literal smash, had a lot to do with solv- ing the heart problems of the hero. of “the only played a sinister part in love and business before he finally put himself.out of the way. Crooks and honest. men had a touch-and-go strug- gle for control of the situa- tion—and the railroad. Crooks had the bést of the breaks for a while, but clear - sighted shrewdness in the end beat. dishonest cunning. “The Wreckers,” by Francis . Lynde, ~ which starfs in The Star Monday, om a thrill in every chap- e's a fast-moving story of the adventurous side of railroading, and once you start you'll be sure to finish. 3 MEN AND GIRL DEAD‘IN BLOWUP Dredge Neat South Bend Explodes SOUTH BEND, -Wash., Deo. 17.~ Three men were blown to their death in an explosion aboard a dredge near here last night, and Miss Blanche Behnke, 17, was blown from the dredge into Willapa bay and was drowned. Frank Behnke, and his daughter Blanche, John Jarve and Eagle Christensen are the four who lost ir lives, having been aboard je which had been engaged dur- the day in diking and reclaiming land near South Bend when the ex plosion occurred at 9 o'clock last night. The men were instantly killed Miss Behnke was blown clear of the dredge and drowned, and Fred Welch, the only other person on the dredge, was seriously hurt by the blast and was unable to.go to her aid, ‘The explosion was heard in South Bend, but it was not until today that it was learned what had happened. It is believed the gas engine on the dredge exploded, simultaneously exploding a large quantity of powder which was aboard, The dredge burned to the water's edge. WANTEDTO GO-TO JAIL WITH HUBBY 'Grieved Because She Could Not Share Punishment for Crime She Caused Becanse she could not accompany |her husband to prison, Mra. Roy - | Welch, girl-wife who induced her sob |dier-husband to desert from Camp | Lewis. swallowed nine bichtoride of |mercury tablets while standing in |front of ‘the city hall late Thursday | night. She was taken to, the city hospttal, _ uhconscious. Physictans worked over the girl until most of the poisom had been eliminated. When she was able to make a statement to the potice Mra. Ws | pilis, but, | Lam young, I know, dear, bi | life has nothing for me this, but I just can’t live without. * you. It's lonesome, dear, and rm nearly dead from crying, anyway, Darling, don’t cry, dear. But, dear, forget me. That's all, and marry a good woman, one that’won’t be mean |to you, dear, and, lover, always re |member I loved you—toved you so much that I couldn’t live without you. So bye-by, sweetheart. I close — t ith lots of love and kisses. IT am r your wife, OLIVE.” \aere MY FAULT HE LEFT THE ARMY” | The note to the public read as fol. | lows: “To Whom It May council T beg- ged and begged Leroy Welch of Camp Lewis to leave the army. I wanted him. I loved him. 0, God, it’s my fault he left the army. Please have a heart and don’t send him to fhe brig or prison. It was my fault |he has done what he has, and it's me that should pay. But if you have |a peart and have sons of your own, |do that for me. Give him his free }dom, He is the dearest man on jearth and would do what is right if you will only give him a chance. “MRS, LEROY WELCH" City physicians hold hopes that ther girl will recover. President Wilson Buys Capital Home: WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—1 dent Wilson has purchased the Henty P. Fairbanks residence at 2340 8 st. N. W., Washington, it was an nounced today by Randall H, Hage ner & Co., real estate dealers. Good News: Eggs Take Drop. Ranch eggs dropped 5 cents a dozen on the wholesale market Fri- day, making a decrease of 7 cents within two days. They are quoted to- (ay at 58 cents, with pullets at 53 cents a dozen. | Clearings | Balances . ! | Clearings Balances . | I) Clearing’s sess sees 6,087, Balances ...00 esses pcshdseatnss |