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MSLAYER OF POLICEMEN SAYS —_ a a , 2 | —7 ae | : | | | | DONT WANT PANY LAWYER; Weather and strong Tonight rain; erly winds Temperature Last t¢ Hours 0 Today noon, 37. Maximum, Tuesday, south- Minimum, 35. On Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seatth ¢, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 23 VOLUME WASIL, MONDAY, IM GUILTY! yr Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromis The Seattle Star TH Em LATE EDITION JANUARY 24, 1921. Stick Together. Overcome Obstacles. Be Steadfast, Loyal. Advice of Parsons. EGINALD H. PARSONS is prest dent of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange. The Fruit Exchange's of fices wander all over one end of a Moor in the Stuart building, and they Bive off most any fruit Wish, from apples Parsons believes oder you nmons. and together % that stand in Way of progress. MUST CON: a. INDUSTRY beat Here's his qunivits of Seattle's op. portunities for 1921 “Seattle citizens must not only con sider local industries—important as they are—but must realize the creat farming and livestock interests and the wonderful hinterland which lies Behind us on the other side of the Cascades, and know that a great por tion of these enterprises are produc: | p ing millions of dollars’ worth annua ly, much of the produce coming «i- Feet to Seattle or being shipped thru this port, and many of the financial transactions clearing thru this city “The present stringency here ix no fifferent from that of other cities all over the country. We are in no worse present condition than the ma- fority. It is « natural situation duc to a rapid deflation, which, in the end, will be best for us all. WITH WILL TO DO, WE CAN ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS “The main point is that we must all stick together at this juncture, and, aroused as we are, for each other's protection, combine in a seri ous effort to overcome whatever commercial handicaps we and by persistent and ene place ourselves in our rig tion as one of the world ports and the great cities of America. «© “With the will to do, we can achieve great things, as has been proven in the past. As general financial conditions improve, we will also benefit; trade will resume; in terchange of commodities will in crease; labor will become better and better employed, and our city will grew at the same rapid pace that It has heretofore. “Many of our citizens do not real fze how much is brought to this city tp the way of transshipments from @cran to rail or vice versa, and what the new lines of steamship or water transportation are going to mean to us; a direct touch with South Amer- fea, with Europe, our own Atlantic coast, as well as better service to the Orient, will open up a wonderful pol for commercial activity. NING OF FE ROPEAN TRADE WILL “As soon as to send us her the debt she owe turn have an oppor our supplies of foo factured products to fill her It is astonishing, for instance. rapidly Belgium and France gaining their place in industry and commerce. “To return to however, we must remain dtast and loyal to our fens, open to their progressive de Yelopment, and retain a sane and careful mental attitude, with justice to all in our every relation, and not be carried away by i#ms and false Prophets. If we remain thus stead fast and pull together, I have every reason to feel that Seattle at the end of the year 1921 will find herself again advancing along the line of progress and promperity FULL TIME IN FACTORIES BY APRIL IS HOPE PH F. COUCH WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--Indus trial depression thruout the world fhas reached its low point and from now on conditions will improve, ac cording to reports gathered by gov- ernment experts, it was learned to day More than are idie in the principal it was estimated By April, it will be much le factories will be running full time, foreign trade will pick up, railroad) will be rushed and prosperity will be general A revival already beginning time in many try Retail gun t in buying of New beginning orders. rope is tn a position pods in payment of we will in our unity of sending uffs or maun. needs how prosperous times. trong and institu 6,000,000 workers now the United e and countries of Europe, was predicted there unemployment of commercial t and 5 1 operate in ants are full coun hae to open ar centers already have be the tex mill and the South are of and and to report an increase IN CRASH OF PLANT BLOW-UP ra 8 i More Than Dozen Houses Blown Up in Memphis Early Today Tenn. persons MEMPHIS, Twenty-five killed Jan. were when a series of explosions wrecked Colyar-Reese Ol t here at 74> a m., mated at 9:10 today First reports unofficially stated 15 persons were missing, and it was be leved they had been killed. Firemen arrived quickly after the first of the explosions and did wonderful work in rescuing the dead ahd dying. MOTHER AND FIVE the company’s it was eath ) CHILDREN. KILLED KILLED & Gloria Fonda Flees Orient ] ‘They roped off streets two blocks | away |serien of explosions. activity | More than a dozen houses were blown up. In one house a mother and five children were killed, Ten dead negroes were counted by according to reports. plant was known air Oll compa because until recently it waa the ex nt for the Sinclair com The majority of those killed in the plant w RESIDENTS WARNED TO FLEE HOM Fearing houses within a half-mile radius of the plant would be wiped out, should more expl cur, police were going over that of North Memphis, warning residents to get as far away The explosions were cat believed negroes. 15,000 gal blew up. No trace of the man. Twenty-four men, including four whites, were due to be working at the plant when the tank exploded. The only hope given for any of them is that some may have been late in ing at work BABY CLOTHES | AT PEETE TRIAL : Raby and @ were today Dis his wend has been found arriv | Los AN urpr ine Spanish 6 prominent when Woolwine thelr effo mysterious expected to tig in Judg trict A sides resume to Mrs, Lofie Louise Heete to the peni-|John I tentiary or the gallows She is on trial for the Denton, rich Denton shot thru the and k June 2. His was found buried in a wooden erypt In the cellar of his home, about three months later. | Dainty infants’ garments, a pair jot baby shoes ts of hand-made lace and other Intimate keep |Denton’s dead wife and baby were introduced in evidence toc are alleged to h Mr 6 and r to her relatives In the F Salt Li City, Denver rourder of Jacob ©. mining pro moter, was led about akes 0 to be been takenst ent by he and Butte traced the prosecution The "8 h woman” was expect ed to come in for official mention in After her arrest Mr Peete declared Denton had quarreled with a Spanish wanerted the latter and her accomplices prob- had slain the wealthy broker ‘Spanish woman,” who, the state charges, is a myth, and her alleged aids, never have been found. Mrs. Peete spent a quiet Sabbath | the county She reiterated he will be court today woman and in jail her confidence that itted. MOKES Star circula tion department d the stogies around Tuesda “It's a girl,” he explained proudl He gave to The ar force and to the office boys, cand women on In preparation for a second} MURDER TRIAL |might lead to hie Like many age of 19 jor W. A Sea’ glove young women at the ria. Fonda, daughter! 1sth manufa f nda, ave. was age struck The « ife that she was asked to lead bored her; it was her idea} of nothing to do. Possessing a well-trained voice, she had slight difficulty in fk an engagement Al comedy company nearly two ye Nesting. Frawley com he found male mem wanted wives girls. With received the 1 pany of that bers globe otters in Orient the f the audience than chorus she b four months IS UNDER WAY to Killing, Charge | | In the presence of a courtroom full of sober faces Peter Colheino went to trial this morning before a jury lge d J Tallman’s | eh arged t e murder on Decem ber 10 Alex MeGibbon, father of 10 children in court The murder occurred at Cotheino’ home 11th ave. 8 A over some chickens resulted in t tragedy. Up to noon 11 jurors had been Questions put by counsel for Colhein indicated the defense will be self-defense, Cotheino claims that McGibbon came to his home and pre ated the quarrel, striking him in the face Associated with Dore in the defense is Attorney J. L. Flinch, Deputy Prosecutor John D. Carmody Is pre senting the state 1920 warrel exami Dore thag FIND MAN DEAD ‘SUSPECT HELD UNDER TRESTLE’ AS CRACKSMAN ‘ An years unidentified man, found the dead natural cause r trestle o Railroad a und Massachusetts st at 8 Monda He had been in the south ad yards for was no identifa clothing, He had other writing that identity 40 a.m bily dreaved in shanties city and in the railr fome time, There tion mark on his no letters or Scores of Plants Increase Product CLEVELAND, Obio, 24— | Under the of increased de |mand, manufac plants forced to shut down completely or eut pro- duction during the latter part of last ar, are now reopening or increa ing their output, reports from all| of Ohio indicated today, Seort of plant wung Into full stride since January 1, stimula turing parts have [#tates again Proposals in 18 Months proposals 80 she back in after spending a y 1. Of the women in the in and a pretty young pany «he was torn unwed. “I never heard of anything 1 ft," she declared. “There seem be about men in J and ther one half abre to évery China and to girl men I had ¢ ried.” Gloria Fonda, a few winner In a and went to to try out in the movies. Then followed the trip and now—Giloria is back almogt Califor here, ‘SPECIAL RAMS CAR OF FLOUR : Quarrel Over Chickens Led |N. P. Officials Shaken Up in PA¢k - Smith Cove Accident A special train, of the carrying local ficial Northern Pac’ tring of box cars tracks crashed the nto @ Great Northern Garfield bridge. before noon Monday The locomotive of the seoped a carload of fe being shunted alon, the m and pd flour in every tion ‘The engineer stayed at but the fi Jumped fered a bruis nd elbow only one suffered a at special t ir wh watte and was t who injury The and was special The train been oe able to proceed with going north to get Presid of the N. P. De alle) in John bedobskt ken reed ck an information filed upgrior court with carrying conceal was | back of a drug: | ed The alley Saturday night weapons prisoner ught in store in Auburn, Sheriff Matt Starwich said the man had a fully loaded cocked revolver in his hand. In bi found fuse, dyn: of nitrog POM Asks Hart pockets were for Armory Bouts | Expressing his desire to have Seattle boxing commis benefit smoker in the interest dependents of city by bandits recently while perform their duty, Mayor Caldwell Mon¢ asked Governor Hart to permit use of the Armory for the projer jon stage the United com. one of four to re| pretty death. her to get out or get mar-| BRINGS SWIFT REACTION abroad, | home ific, Nmith cove, shortly ich was in line direc hia post, suf locomotive was not damaged is understood to he was in county jail rr arwich and some » caps and three bottles policemen killed | was wanted then for thre 121 FAC EXECUTION! WER OF |Neither Fury Nor Rage CA TO | Will Feed the Hungry The murderers will we punished, to be sure, but we must not rest content with that; the families of their victims need our help Outbreak of Banditry Brings Swift Reaction Toward ‘THE MURDERERS of Patrolmen Stevens and Angle and Detective Jimmie O’Brien are Capital Punishment ee enter = . c ephons ae eet acGhe himdred and twentyone men) not bring back the dead, nor will it bring to the ‘Thin is America’s answer to the} Widows and children the support and compan- crime wave. ionship they are entitled to. cont | So bpagangen age ipa onghecel | The widows and children are now the city’s m[eck"cowsra ‘capital puauament' =| Wards. We must cee to it that we discharge our In 1918 there were 85 legal execu-| Obligations faithfully. John Sullivan, of Beeler there were ‘the mane hunter "| & Sullivan, has started the ball rolling with a sub- eee ee ee emery aa| scription of $50. Henry Broderick is giving punishment $100. Ryan & Kelly are sending $25. matmtin Gnibe cece Every newspaper in the city has offered to a cept subscriptions for the families of the slain officers. They gave their lives in the line of duty. ean we not give something in return? * * * % NEVER MIND the murderers! They will get theirs! There is no need to worry in the slightest about that. There isn’t one chance in ten thousand million that they will escape. There is no need to upset the machinery of the law, nor the procedure of court. By all means, let the murderers be brought to speedy trial. But, after all, whether the murderers are tried and convicted today, or in two or three days, or next week, is of smaller consequence than sev- eral practical things that we ought to do our- selves. * ike ol the But the tidal wave of crime that has swept nation since the war [bas brought swift reaction in a nia| swing toward the death penalty in jthe 38 states that invoke it In 26 of thene 38 and the District of mbia, from 1 to 14] persons are awaiting the gallows, or} the electric chair, or the firing squad. | In Idaho two women are under death sentence. ports from all these states are juries are judges | wer to grant new trials and «c ernors more infrequently commut ing sentences. WHERE ISONERS UTION The canvass of the nation |shows the following have prisoners awaiting tion, jabama Arkansas California District of Col jumbia “ Georgia Idaho (two women) Indiana je. | Hlinots Kentucky yland * states, th more severe, exec of. on *% es * & HE FIRST is to raise a sufficient relief fund for the dependents of the dead officers. Secondly, we should see to it that Chief Sear- ing’s request for 40 additional policemen is granted. We have today fewer policemen on duty than there were last summer. This is due to the fact that in granting policemen one day off in seven, there necessarily must be a smaller number on each shift, altho the total number of policemen remains the same. To bring the number on duty to the same size it was before the “crime wave,” 40 additional policemen are needed. The coun- cil should lose no time in granting the request. Thirdly, the legislature should pass the Grass bill, which provides that dependents of peace of- ficers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to $5,000 out of the industrial insurance fund. Fourthly, the legislature should look into the subject of gun-toting. No man or woman should be permitted to carry a gun without a police per- mit. If a penitentiary sentence were imposed upon those who carry concealed weapons with- out permits, there would be no danger of holdup- iat escaping with a mere fine or 30 days in jai *% = ay North Carolina Ohio Oklahom the South Carolina on rm nnesace ... exas ent | Utah Virginia Washingt West Virginia Wyomin ‘ ; The are 10 states | have capital pun Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Michi cate not North Dakota, K nd, South Dakota, Wisconsin saactows Twelve states punishment laws, executions pending Connecticut, that do not shment. They « node that but are have capital in report no by , : umpshire, Vermont, and Oregon, | Floria Mexico. | DEMANI SLAYERS | ank W. Smith of | and has personally gone into t to demand the death penalty ayers of policemen. blames courtroom leniency for the increase in crime, He points to the nt case of J ge’ Losteiner, the | bandit and k , Captu hand. | aled after a battle at ch | the | several persons were Losteiner murde ing |he was convicted of and drew Jay |@ life sent Ime ly bandit rab broke out with renewed violence, (Tufn to Page 7, Column 3) % But FIRST and foremost comes our duty to the families of the dead officers. Let us not consume ourselves with rage against the slayers, yet do nothing to ease the burden of the bereaved. Come, folks, let’s do the right thing! *% * * * TWO CENTS NG IN SEATTLE SPIRITED TO COURT Schmitt Pleads Behind Locked Doors; Trial Starts at 9:30 Thursday “1 don't want a lawyer. lam guilty.” = With = these words Jolin, Schmitt, confessed murderer of! City Detective “Jimmy” O'Brien and Patrolman W. T. Angle am nounced his determination face speedy justice when he was.) | “You are charged with first de gree murder, Do you un that?” Judge Ronald asked, iy “Yes, sir,” the prisoner said. “You will have to have @ You will have to Fo to ti Ronald informed ae ing to a group of weet: about the courtroom, the = r “Mr. Silvain, will you take this 4 young man's case?” pas | Louis Silvain nodded. | “WOULD TEAR HIM TO | PIECES,” A WOMAN SAID i “I appoint you this man’s attor ney. You will represent him: | At 11:30 this morning word waa | passed to Sheriff Starwich to have |the prisoner in court at 12:30, A | crowd of spectators was gathered in | the corridors outside of Judge Ron- ald's courtroom, Members of the crowd freely expressed their opinion — that the trial should not be longer | delayed. One elderly woman, who said she had known “Jimmy” 0’ ‘ | for the past 12 years, said: “I like to get a chance at him; I'd him to pieces, When do you they'll bring him up?" She was | the arraignment had been postponed — juntil tomorrow, and she left the building. ‘ At 12 o'lock deputies began to leave the sheriff's office in the coum ty-city building, one at a time, for the county jail. Last to leave was Sheriff Starwich. He joined the others in the basement and, with Deputy William Sears at the steer Jing wheel, an automobile a 4 Starwich, Herbert Beebe, jJerrett and Bill Downey seriall at |the county jail at 12:10, ING VERY - 4, SAYS PRISONER Starwich sa sring him out! Schmitt was led from his cell by | Downey Soth the prisoner’s hands were manacled. Starwich took off ” the handcuffs and snapped on a palit of his own. The party clambered into the automobile and sped dows the hill, They got into an ele vator in the basement and took the prisoner to the fourth floor, There they got out and led him down the | back stairway to the third floor and into the jail room back of Judge Ronald's court. Here the handeuff e taken off and word sent int that they were ready, “How do you feel?” Starwich asked Sc} shmitt “Not very well,” replied the prise : oner. The outside door of Judge Ronald's court was locked, barring a crowd that had gathered outside, Schmitt was led in, flanked by the deputies. Judge Ronald had all ve bench, Without delay he Is your name Schmitt?” ‘es, sir,” replied the prisoner, @he court then appointed Attorney “Sie vain to defend the man, and the infore — mation was read charging him with the crime of first ree murder for the killing of Detective O'Brien, while Schmitt stood with his cap in hip hand, looking at the floor. As Schmitt stood fac the courtroom door the corridor, and s flocked into the room, ‘The close to the cordon of deputies and strained their ears for every word. TIME WITH CLIENT Assistant Prosecutor the information, naming as one of ‘the witnesses for the state Pollee: man W Angle, who died from @ wound inflicted by Schmitt Schmitt went thru the proceedings: After Stlvain was appoint ed, the lawyer said, “I should like to have time, Your Honor, to talk to jmy client a few minutes to 4 (Turn to Page 7, Column @ Jones read calmly