The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 14, 1921, Page 1

Today and Tuesday, prob- ably snow; strong . wind, N.W Temperature Maximum, 37. Last 4 Hours Minimum, 32. neon, 37. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise That Power Contract. City Benefits. [Gets Juice Cheaply. || Why Misrepresent? ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION of £A the duncombe served up to the bile by the mayor's prober, Wi) mn Tucker, and the mayor's grand “Jury report, is the discussion of the contract between the city and Puget Sound Traction company. | ‘This power contract is being ty denounced with the consent approval of Mayor Caldwell, and Se sears is being made to show that it is outrageously unjust to the ity. ‘The fact is—and The Star charges Mayor Cakiwell knows it to be fact—that the power contract is Rightly profitable to the city! g AT 1 CENT KILOWATT HOUR According to its terms, the city railway is to be furnished power by the Stone & Webster company at | cent per kilowatt hour for direct cur Tent, in ANY amount the railway may need. ‘The fact fs that the city-owned rht and power plant cannot, and not, furnish power to the city ‘as good a price. 4 fuct is that the city light de- t is charging something like a kilowatt hour to the tax ‘of this city for street light- ‘The fact is that the city light de- partment charged the city railway. es it operated Division A and| Burien line. approximately 2 ‘cents per kilowatt hour, until Supt. “Murphine compelled a reduction in | price—and the reduction was 1 cent | a kilowatt hour. The fact is that the ty light department never has, and not now, charge less than the F Stone & Webster people are charging the power contract obtained by than the city Nght de produce current for. of tact, then, the city money on every bit of cur- ; obtains from the Stone & Web- company. Mayor Caldwell knows ft—or know it-and when he per- the false impression to fo that the power contract was us, he is deliterately impos wrong interpretation upon it. can buy as much power its cars from Stone Webster and for as ‘long « period pt chooses. The city can termi- Bate that contract, but the Stone & lebater company cannot. AGREEMENT WAS MADE H STONE 4 WEBSTER When the traction system was pur: 4, it was plain that the city department could not furnish ou power to run the cars. And 7 twas plain that it wouldn't be able _ t do so for several years, not until _. the Skagit plant was developed to et point of producing and transmit- t current. “Consequently the agreement was with the Stone & Webster com- ty to continue furnishing power to railway at 1 cent per kilowatt direct current. It was agreed the city could discontinue tak- 5,000 kilowatts at a time by giv- a year’s notice, and by agreeing is less nt can matter + take over the power company’s | tions at a value to be appraised three arbitrators, one chosen by city, one by the company and by the two thus chosen. When the Skagit is developed, It felt, the city will have to build batations if it could not get the one & Webster stations. There- the'city wasn’t obligating Itself do anything that was not of ad. antage to it. On the other hand, the one & Webster people felt that if city ceased taking power from it, would not need so many substa 1 CAN'T FURNISH % y city plant can’t furnish enough : It can't furnish juice as | Gheaply to the railway as the Stone | } do, to Princess Nagako. The pre <=> . IN JAPAN |Unchecked Illness of Mika- do Is Cause of Move by Opposition Party TOKYO, Feb. 13.—Leaders of the opposition to the gov- ernment may petition for the | appointment of a regent owing to the illness of the |emperor, it was learned here | today. ROMANCE CRISIS | \DISTURBS ROYAL }HOUSE OF JAPAN } BY HENRY W. KINNEY TOKYO, Feb. 14.—Cupid has been responsible for a domestic crisis in the affairs of Japan which had pass ed over today after bringing resigna | tions in high government circles and | shaking the entire country ' | Prince Yamagata, president of the | privy council and one of Japan's | most distinguished stateamen, has re- signed his official position and his | power in Japan's affairs may be over as a result of his opposition to the | engagement of Crown Prince Hiro hito, who will be Japan's next mika. demanding that he resign all of his political positions and surrender his_ decorations. ] DEMAND STARTS } TEMPEST | The trouble came with the demand of Yamagata that the engagement be broken off. There was an immediate tempest thruout the imperial house hoid. Cupid seemed to have the upper hand, for the first development was the resignation of the minister of the imperial household. It was then evi dent that a crisis was at hand. ‘This was followed by an announce ment that the elder statesman hav. | ENOUGH JUICE | The Skagit is still undeveloped. ing refused to interfere in the love af-| | fairs of the crown prince, the spirit | of the dead Emperor Meiji, father of |the present emperor, would be ap-| pealed to. On February 11, accordingty, nu-| merous public men of Japan made a| Pilgrimage to the shrine of Meiji and offered prayers. The nation in gen eral was asked to join the supplica | tions for guidance, it being announce | Jed that a “serious affair confronts the nation and the imperial house- | hold.” SPIRIT OF MEI } SIDES WITH CUPID | }announced that the crown prince's engagement continues. | the diet would oppose an appropria tion for the proposed trip of the lerown prince to Europe, which was! |supposed to have some connection with the affairs of his heart. oe 08 JAPS PLOT TO |\CONTROL U. S. \COMMUNICATION | BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, Feb, 14.—A “jok ler” in the draft of the Japanese man date tor Yap today threatened to de- | feat the American stand for interna- tionalization of that island aa a cable landing station. This government's delegates to the conference of five powers prelimi nary to the international communica- tions conference have Iinaisted that | Yap be open to all nations as a cable landing station The conference resumes tomorrow, and the United States will again Claire Windsor (Miss Olga Cronk) i * everything to Miss Weber. | While touring California with her She picked me from the ranks @n@| parents Olga went into the moviee taught me all I know. I am ing to repay her by best"—s0 says Miss Claire Wind: sor, the latest representative of Se attle. talent to win fame in silent drama. Mies Windsor yes, the sarne Queen of the Seattle Potlatch is Olga Cronk— ton Douglas. Miss Seattle dancer Windsor—or, rather, Olga of Kappa Sigma worority of University of Washington and of Oregon. try:| Petros 2 ‘* fone my {®* an “extra” just for fun jing the the side lines the girl one day at tracted tim attention of Lois Weber Miss Weber ma‘e inquiries regard ‘extra girl” and asked for It resulted in the n interview. ttle Olga who was | signing of the contract which places the | the jsame pretty girl who gave a num-| Weber's direction for a long period. ber of dancing exhibitions with Mil | youthful actress under Mise Claire Windsor in destined come one of the screen's dramatic stars, according to be- leading to Miss The spirit of Meiji apparently sided | Cronk--waa one of the most pop-| Weber, and she ought to know— with Cupid, for today it was formally | ular members of the dancing sets|«he has just finished four pictures the | with Claire as and Mrs. the heroine Mr. Cronk have taken It was also intimated today that|the Delta Taus of the University of | up their residence in Los Angeles in order to be with their daughter. Mexico Is Making Bombing Airplanes | EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 14—A bomb. | ing plane factory operated by the Mexican government at Mexico City is turning out about one machine a month, according to J. F. juries received French plane. Devillar, who was “chief of avia tion” for Gen. Villa when the former rebel chief had two airpla of his equipment, men aviation school has been thoroly established at Mexico City with a large number of studenta, Postoffice Clerk Up for Arraignment | Joe Trippy, postoffice clerk, ac in the wreck of a |What You Taking Devillar, | |a French aviator, who has just come | | from that city to recuperate from in: | ea as part | id the govern-| | to Wife Tonight? This is Valentine's day! Hah, you man! Did you plumb forget it? Or have you one of those wives who adroitly and dip- lomatically see to it that you won't disappoint her, by dropping hints? Well, you didn’t used to forget, before you were married! Makes a difference, doesn’t it? Every sort of valentine, from the caricatured dreadfuls to the “Say-It-With- Flowers” variety, were received by Seattle folk to day. Alienation Juror Is Under Arrest WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—-Max §. From | SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921. REGENT IS. Otee Cronk inthe Movies ACCUSELAD DEMANDED Js Protege of Lois Weber OF SLAYING PLAYMATE! Scientist Protests and Boy Declares His Innocence of Charge | ORA, Ind, Feb. 14.—An 1-year jold boy gots from Ora to trial for first degree murder next month. If convicted, he faces death | hanging ° The cane in without a paraliel in American history. by ‘The question agitating the state is:| “Can Cecil Burkett be given a fair trial?” | For the law gives a prisoner the | right of trial by a jury of his peers. CAN'T TRY HIM WITH BOYS OF HIS OWN AGE Strictly interpreted, that would | Mean trial by boys of his own age | But the law requires that jurors be | adults. | Dr. Harold N. Moyer, former com missioner of health for Chicago and | leading alienixt of the Middle Weat, has examined Ceci! for The Star, the Tacoma Times, Spokage Press and Portland News, Dr. Moyer is 62, a kindly, shrewd old man with the experience of many years spent in jails and prisons, courts and madhouses, studying the deficient, the insane—all the twists and turns of human brains, young and ol | He spent four hours examining Cecil, weighing not legal evidence, but the brain of the "boy, the soul of the boy—all his life from the cradle and the lives of his parents and grandparents. He put him thru the Stanford re vision of the Binet-Simon test, by which his mental development could be ascertained. He found him to be normal, without inborn traits of meanness, cruelty or criminality. CAN YOUNGSTER BE ACCORDED FAIR TRIAL? Could this boy conceive a murder plot? Could he plot revenge against a playmata, entice him within range of his rifle, and then shoot and kill him in cold blood? Could he then invent a complicated le and stick to it against the most | skilled cross-examination? These are the questions that a “jury of his peers” must answer in the case of Cecil Burkett This jury must decide whether he must die on the gallows or spend the rest of his life in prison Whatever the verdict, will it be fair? The law says represented by ” ‘By all their lives and training,” says Dr. Moyer, “12 adult jurors will be unable to understand this boy's mental processes, his motives and his acts. SCIENCE CAN'T DISCOVER THE KEY “Selence iteeif can’t discover the key to thee things.” ‘The Burkett murder case has the additional element of mystery. Cecil is at his home here under $10,000 ball for the first degree mur- der of Bennie Slavin, the 7-year-old son of a neighbor of the Burkett family. Allowing bail was a special dispensation. It's a real child murder mystery, because the dead boy, the accused lad and the principal witnesses all are children The killing of Benny Slavin oc eurred last Thanksgiving. It had been generally accepted in the vil lage of Oya as an accidental shootin until the grand jury the other day indicted Ceci! Here are two accounts of the kill. ing, as they will be told to the jury. TOR'S STORY aclence—an Moyer—says “You” Dr at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 The Seattle Star Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 18 EVERYBODY | TO HUNGER: TOMORROW |Go Without Lunch, So You | Will Know How a Jobless | Person Feels; Then Give | BY TOM ELLIS’ Tomorrow is “Lunchiess Tuesday.” | | The idea ig mine. But it is all up ‘to you who read this whether the idea brings any good results. | If you're a good mport, youll go | without your lunch tomorrow. ‘Thin refers specificaNy and eape- | elally to YOU. And I don't care if |YOU are a stenographer, who | munches 35 cents’ worth of pimento cheese sandwich, apple pie and milk, or & prosperous business man with one of thone effervescent appetites which demands a porterhouse, pota-| toes and all the trimmings for “tunch.” | WANTS EVERYRODY | TO BE REAL HUNGRY | Or maybe you're a ravenous errand | boy, who drops into a quick lunch emporium, swings a scuffed shoe over « stool and orders a “Spokane,” | which in United States for a plate of | pork and beans, I'm asking all of you who never know real hunger to| go without your lunch tomorrow Tuestiay. And incidentally eat al | light breakfast, too, so that along in| | the afternoon, you'll get good and | downright hungry And then remember that there are |meveral thousands of men, women and children who feel just about that hungry day after day—and they have no way of overcoming that hun- | ger. | For they. or their bread-winners have no money with which to buy food, and no jobs with which to earn the money. | When. you feel the most hungry Tuesday afternoon—when the walls of your stomach clap together, ae it) were--I want you to take the quar | ter, or 60 cents, or six-bits, or dollar | | which you usually spend for lunch— | |take this money from your trousers |pocket and slip it into your coat! pocket. Or, if you are a girl, tie it! in your handkerchief or transfer it| to another section of your purse. 301 CENTRAL BUILDING | THAT'S TE ADDRESS Then, if pomible, knock off work |a few minutes early and take that |money—with more added if possible to the headquarters of the Social | Welfare league, 301 Central building. ‘The league, as you know, is trying jon relief work in Seattle for a year. | |to work with the league on many | jneedy cases, and we know that| [they're all yight. There is no red |tape in the league office. | They have been trying for two! | weeks now to raise the $100,000, and today they have only $24,000! This is pitifully small as compared with what | they need But if you'll all go hungry tomor-. | row afternoon and then give the} league a chance to cash in on your hunger, this sum ought to be aug. mented by thousands of dollars. How about it—will you? A lot of Seattle’d prominent men have prom- lined that they'll go lunchless. Will | | you join them? DOLLAR RECEIVED |FROM ENTIAT, WA: H. B. Carney, who is now conduct- ing the drive, today received a dollar bill from a man at Entiat, Wash. The sender said he had never lived in | | Seattle and knew no one here, but | he said he did live in the United States and that American folks here need help, His dollar, he hoped, would help. | Here's a poetical plea for the down- {and-outer which “T. B. G.” sent to me today TWO CENTS IN SE Little Girl Is on Tenth Day Talking Spell WAUKEC Ill, Feb. 14.—"I wonder if the girls mins me at school! Mamma, did you get Jane's head fixed? Maybe the doctor can help her, too, when he comes to see me again. Lan't papa going to work today?” Thus little Miriam Rubin ram. bled on today, the tenth of her talking spell, The syearold girl, who has talked constantly since February 4, with the exception of a restless sleep of three hours last night, didn’t walt for an answer to her questions, Frequent tiny callers showed the girls missed her; the soundness of the curly head of the large dol! in the corner attest ed the fact that Jane's head was fixed, and the doctor wouldn't have to bother with it, and “papa” Was trying to get a minute's rest after hours of constant watching at his daughter's bedside But the little girl was not inter. ested in answers to her questions She merely wanted to talk—and talk she did. She did not appear weak from her long siege, She “apparently talks without effort, using no emphasis, merely saying words, It was necessary for lis- teners to get close to the bed if they desired to understand what she was saying The girl stops talking when she eats, Sometimes she stops when any one talks to her, but more often she keeps right on talking to herself. Drugs have no effect in sooth- ing her, BIG WHISKY CARGO TAKEN 58 Cases Landed by Rum Runners Here ‘With the seizure Monday of | 56 cases of White Horse whisky and Gordon gin on a pier at the foot of Thomas st. dry squad officers said they frustrated one of the premier booze movements attempted by rum runners here in recent months, STORM PREVENTS SPEEDY LANDING ‘The whisky left Vancouver Satur. day night in a smuggling launch, but was prevented from landing here un- til Monday morning because of a heavy snowstorm, according to dry | squad and federal officers. The snowstorm also shielded the whisky runners from U. 8. revenue cutters. The launch was seen by the har- pier here. Its actions seemed euspi- but the launch had superior speed and escaped, It is believed that the crew on the launch despaired of making con- nections with their confederates on shore in Seattle, because of the de lay, and “ditched” the whisky on the pler, in the hope of being able to get ashore themselves and make away with it before being discovered. Dry squad officers believe they know the name of the launch, They said they had information that the launch started from Vancouver with 175 cases, Lieut. J. J. Haag of the dry squad took charge of the liquor, valued at 5,500, ARREST THREE MEN IN The seizure Monday morning ts not connected with the arrest of three men and the baring of an alleged | whisky ring, Sunday night, according to C. W. Kline. deputy collector for the U. 8. internal revenue. James T. Michener, Daniel Sullivan and Harry Greenman were jailed by the dry squad Sunday night. Mich- ener, Who is 32 and a switchman, was arrested «with Sullivan, 35, con- tractor, in the Washington Hotel An- nex. ATTLE TO FACE JURY FOR SLAYING OFFICER Change of Venue for Als leged Boy Bandits Is Denied by Court ‘Three youths, alleged slayers of Patrolman Voiney L. Stevens, Janu ary 14, went on trial charged murder in the first degree in Ji ‘ ‘alter M. French's court room Mon- day morning. Before the long process of impam eling the jury began at 11 a. m. the prisoners, C, A. Brown, Louis Mad- sen and Ward Daniels sat with boy- ishly expectant faces thru two hours of arguments on their requests to be tried in another county. The re quest was denied. s | VERSITY WOMEN FILL THE BENCHES In the court room were women from the University of W: |ington, students of criminology, |filled practically all the | Other spectators jammed the |and occupied all available space at the hearing. ¥ica |. John F. Dore, attorney for C. Al |Brown, presented to the court the, | motion for a change of venue. “He | quoted practically every article that has been printed | Stevens was killed, and declared, the affidavits; of the accused; that King county ‘had been so : against the defendants it would impossible to receive a fair He pointed out that ben: tainments had been held “I am myself one of the largest in- dividual contributors to the benefit — fund, and I believe the raising the funds was the right thing to but it does not alter the fact undue prejudice has been created this community against these boym” — Deputy Prosecuting Atorney Car mody, who, with Chief Prosecuting Attorney E. I. Jones, representing the state, f briefly to the court that experience had shown no difficulty was ever raised at a murder trial in this vickn ity by newspaper articles , After Judge French had denied the” motion the impaneling of the jury |was begun. Dore, in his for a change of venue, had that this proceas would take at two weeks. The three defendants were completely surrounded by including Roy F. Cadwallader, |pointed by the court to | to raise $100,000 with which to carry | bor patrol boat as it was leaving the | Madsen, and Lee Johnston, re; jing Dantels. We of The Star have had occasion | lous, and the patrol boat gave chase. / CHARGE AGAINST THEM IS TECHNICAL ONE ; | based on the statue which allows re set of circumstances to create the crime * They are accused of having e in the crime of larceny of an automobile with Creighton Dodge, when Dodge shot and killed Stevens. Dodge is now dead from a bullet wound inflicted by Stevens in the exchange of shots, An effort to free the youths on @& demurrer, claiming that the I ture had abolished the crime of ceny in connection with the theft of an automobile, and consequently the. boys did not come within the statute making killing a murder, when lar cency is, at the same time, being committed, failed a week ago, when made before Judge J. T. Ronald. Had Enough Cash to Buy Shells With Short on money but long on shells for his .38 calibre revolver, Jim Boyer, 22, was jailed from Eighth ave. and Union st. Satur day night by Patrolman J. A, Hage PROSEC |OF TRAGEDY There's a word tn our language that’s not hard to read; ‘Wo wee it in print every day. | Johnson, juror in the $500,000 aliena tion sults of David W. Sullivan 5 ‘The city | make known its insistence, jcused of rifling the mails, was roe. MARKED BILL AND & Weteter contract does. Paanwsy is making money | eontract. on the The Japanese delegates, opposing this, are said to have pointed out | scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Monday afternoon, He was The city can quit taking juice from | that the laws of their country pro- | arrested here several weeks ago. “the traction company whenever it gets ready. The Stone & Webster fompany. on the other hand, cannot @ult of its own volition. The con-| tract, if one-sided, is to the advan- _ tage of the city. ! Yet Mayor Caldwell permits the power contract to be misrepresented. WHY? gt Look for a Thief With Powdered Nose Shiny-nosed thieves stole Mrs.) Emma O’Netl's vanity box from a| downtown telephone box Sunday. She Neves at 822 Broadway. ,000 Day From * Motor Car Licenses) Bees from the issuing of licenses % automobile owners have averaged | $5,000 a day during the last week, | According to County Auditor D, E Q ~~~ vide that ali cables landed on Japa: | nese territory form a government mo- nopoly, and that the foreign owner: | ship of land is prevente | The mandate for Yap, called Draft C, provides that the general laws of the country holding the mandate shall apply to mandate territory. Should these contentions be recog. nized, Japan would be in a position to | control American communication with China | Communication between China and | the United States now goes thru} Yap. | Indiana Town Is | Population Center WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—-Spencer, | Ind., is the town nearest the co nter | of population of the United State the census bureau announced today RAYMOND.—Flmer Smith, acquit ted Centralia armistice murders, | barred from speaking here, The Nearness of Spring again reminds us of the long rides we wish to or will take into the ¢ountry The reduced prices on Used Autos give many of us an opportunity to own a car now and many good “buys” can be found on Classified Page each day. If the particular ear want ign’t advertised today insert a Want Ad describing the one you do want. Many people buy a new car each spring and so there are many Used Cars as good as new for sale, Phone Main 600 you against John T. Davis, Elkins, W Va., millionaire, was arrested and held in $3,000 bond today on charges of attempting to negotiate a bribe from Davis. The jury immediately was dismiss. ed by Justice Siddons as the case en. tered the fourth week in District of Columbia supreme court. Ask Investigation of Charge of Blackmail WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A com plete investigation of all the incidents surrounding the charge that'two spe clal investigators of the house war department expenditures committee attetnpted blackmail was asked in the house today by Representative Royal Johnson, South Dakota. Smashed by Sailors Aftem smashing a window in thi Strand theatre, three sailors were held by police Monday, Prosecuting Attorney James A. Milts, who directed proceedings that to the indictment, says: We believe that there was bad feeling between the two lads. “Cecil, his brother Alfred, who ts | 9, and Frederick Scherman, who ts 7 were playing in the Burkett back- yard “Bennie Slavin and his sister, Clara, were in the adjoining yard. “Cecil called Bennie to come into |his yard, Bennie at first objected, Then Cecil held out a kite and tempted Bennie till finally he crossed the line “At that Ceefl reopened the old squabble and in cold blood shot the younger boy, the bullet entering his right side at the back. “He committed this crime with a 22-caliber rifle which belonged to the Burkett family “[ have also been told that he pointed the weapon at Bennie's sister. “The wounded boy died within 30 hours. “frederick Scherman ‘saw Bennie (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Ir \" Still we don't stop to think of others te need, And we soon put the paper awa: It's not from the fact that w with our wad It's just ‘onure we don't understand. The deep hidden meaning goes over our hi fo we don’t lend a helping hand. ‘There's sickness and sorrow, hunger and men who but yesterday side. Tho they're hungry, de n ask favors today, Perhaps thru good fortune we've nev known want And have never been short of kale, So we don’t seo the meaning behind this | one word Which fills up the celts in the Jail. There’n no book explains it; experience alone A teacher that's hard to avold Shows the hell and the misery deep hid in this word, Which is easy to 'read—UNEMPLOYED. Stealing Coal From Basement, She Says “Someone's stealing the coal from my basment,” Mrs. William Fla- jole, 900 17th ave, told pele” Sun- day night WHISKY ARE HELD Nine pints of whisky and a mark- ed $10 bill are held as evidence against Michener, Sullivan is held on an open charge. Lieut, Haag says that a note book on Michener shows that he had been bootlegging here and in Portland, A few hours later dry squad offi- cers arrested Greenman at 3314 Fuhrman ave. Twelve quarts and a pint of whisky are charged up as evidence against him. The whisky seized on the Thomas st. dock Monday was neatly sacked to prevent breakage. ‘There were no identification marks on it. Odor on Glasses Is Spanahan’s Bad Luck “A breath of heaven” on two glasses that Lieutenant George Comstock found in possession of O. A. Shanahan, 27, at 12th ave. 8. and Jackson st. Sunday night, re- sulted in Shanahan being sent to jail, He is charged with disorderly conduct, Democrats Invited to Party Inquiry WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Chair man White of the democratic nation al committee today invited Thomas B. Love and Robert W. Wooley, close friends of William G. McAdoo, to ap- pear before the meeting of the demo cratic executive committee here next ‘Thursday and explain why they think an immediate reorganization of the party, with the ousting of the present chairman, is necessary, © Woman Found Slain in Texas Pasture PARIS, Tex., Feb. 14.—Mrs. Marie Edwaftis was found murdered in @ wooded pasture near here today. Claude Gamble, the young woman's escort, told of being held up and robbed by two masked men at 1a, m. The robbers then attacked Mrs. Ed. wards, he said, killing her, He said he escaped by feigning death whem the bandits attacked himy 4