The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 5, 1921, Page 1

as ee Tonight fair; heavy Temperature Maximum, 52. ur Pet ‘Peeves: Too Little Beauty. Seattle Un-planned. Spiritual Recharge. Where Do We Get It? tell what displeases them most, and why. BY DOROTHY FAY GOULD IAT GETS ME IS: Where do : most people recharge their P spiritual and intellectual batteries? The rich leave town annually to P attend the theatre, opera, picture galleries, to see people and clothes E (mot the Cinderella of the arts these > days, either) eat where food is | gecondarily ¢ 4 and firstly an Artistic achievement, But where do the servants of bea » ty among the low in pocket get their Sustenence? “Make Seattle the kind of a city 4 want to live in,” is Mise Netiie : jsh’s lofty motto. “Patch up” “build up” must be each one's choice. Getting people in shape to enjoy life is the pet charity of the town, but giving S worth while to enjoy life with leaves Mo future for the well In body or mind to accelerate their spark with. When Seattle pays more for right tion than for fire and police Protection; when she spends as much "on education on chewing gum B when she pays a city forester to pre- Serve her trees (such as the Madison gt. row was) as she now pays to E cruelly chop these up; when she has the foresight to lay out her streets fm an economical manner in good ) grades (as Queen Anne is not), and to reach strategic points (uch as | Olive st); when she decides to coor @inate her municipal buildings into BS convenient and beautiful grouping, / with an anditorlum among them; when she admits that if she hadn't || Deen hoggish about trying to get two lg she could have gotten one; n she wants a dignified and ade ite watergate where, for instance, ‘Wenatchee could land; when the atiful views from our homes and rtm are not always seen thru forest of telephone poles; when the wishes it had been more com- within half its present area G@uch a saving in taxes), and a hun- dred miles of beautiful street pave ments had been thoughtfully plan ned and laid out where needed, in | place of our vertical and unused streets on every hill—then we shall have a perfect city. If you don't think the above t a a |" working on, read “Main Street”— | author, Sinclair Lewis. | The honest but shortsighted bust- | Nese man who says we haven't time and we're too busy to waste money ‘on beauty had better ask himself why annually every one who can af- fora it leaves town for New York or “@ pretty sum of money on products that are not “made in Seattle.” I think that for the fellow who can't | leave we should develop beauty in | our midst, in order to retain our best pulation, Commercialiem without iveness ig nothing but a husk. I don't blame those who leave town; I envy them the chance they > spiritual batteries, But what peeves Me is: Where are the rest of us go° maintain our vital spark? SON OF NORWAY PUTS “SPIRIT” OF BROTHER TO ROUT AT SEANCE Spiritism’s leading opponent here, the Rev. P. A. Klein, pastor of Dunlap Baptist church, vouched today for the following skit of dialogue between a young Norwegian member of his congre gation and a “spirit” he met at @ recent seance Young Norwegian: Are you my brother? Spirit: Yes. Young Norwegian: har du det? Hvordan (Curtain) % Carl Is Reported : on His Way Back BUDAPEST, April 5.— Former Bmperor Carl left Steinamanger at " 9:30 a. m. today for Switzerland, ac cording to an official announcement here. Farther and Farther Out The Seattle Subdivisions Are Extending That which was a country road two years ago, today is a paved highway. We see little bungalows and beautiful new residences springing up each week on nearly every raud run- ping from Seattle. Most of these home owners now have autos, which, tho they may live ten to twenty miles from the center of town, get them to their business in from 20 to 49 minutes. The prices on lots and acre- e cloye to Seattle are bound o raise. Get yours now. Look on the Classified Page in The Star for bargains. Ew Weather and moderate N. W. winds. Today noon, 48. nothing really | "enough of grouches to get busy | San Francisco, incidentally to spend | get to recharge their intellectual and} ing to get the recharge necessary to) Wednesday frost tonight; Last Mt 4 Hours mum, 39. On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star Entered a» Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Yoar, by Mall, $5 to $9 | VILLAGE IS DIMDED BY DEATH CASE iBitterness and Intolerance | Marks Start of Lad’s Trial in Indiana KNOX, Ind, April 5.—Ceefl Bur: | |kett answers to the state of In }diana today on a first degree mur } der indictment. | The trial is tn ctreutt court, where jan adult charged with similar of fense would be tried. No distine tion will be made in the trial of | Cecil Burkett because he is a boy of only 11 years. TRIAL PROCEEDS | PON STATUTES | The question of the boy's ac | }countability, his understanding of the gravity of munrier, will not enter into the case. | The trial will proceed upon the/ statutes of the state setting forth the proof of commission of crime and the evidence necemary for conviction, The extreme penalty) on conviction is death by ¢lectro- cution. “rit not ask for any change of venue,” says W. J. Reed, attorney for the boy defendant. “Circuit court is the proper place to try the | boy. He did not shoot Benny Stayin and we expect to prove that he did not.” “The case is being heard tn the Proper tribunal.” says James A. Ditts, prosecutor, “The boy is ac) countable. He ts old enough to know what munier is and to Leow | it. The grand jury would not have indicted him, were he not.” Cecil Burkett ta on trial because Benny Siavin, 7, next door seigh- bor and playmate, died of a bullet wound he received last Thankegiv- ing day when playing in the Bur- kett yard at Ora. FATE IN HANDS OF CHILDREN Altho adults wil prosecute, de- fend and pass sentence on the boy, | his fate is largely in the hands of Uttle children. | No adult witnesed the shooting | of Benny Slavin. Only children | were at the Burket home Thanks: | giving day at the time of the shoot. | ing. Upon their testimony the fury will decide whether Cecil Burkett | goes to his death, to prison or to freedom. Cecil says that he did not fire the shot, that he did not see it) fired, that he was just entering | his house when he heard the shot. | He says that he had left the gun on the ground, ready to 11 spar rows if they came about the Mar- | tin house which he and Frederick | Schermann, 11, were cleaning. | But this story is contradicted by) Frederick. He is the state's prin.| cipal witness. , In fact, all of the Important wit-| nesses for state and prosecution | will be children. | | Alfred Burkett, 9, Ceeit's brother, |will be im court So will Clara Siavin, 10, and her sister Elsie, 6, and her brother Albert, 3. Grownups will testify, too, but their testimony will only serve as the woof thru which is woven the warp of testimony. | Indeed, most of the village of Ora will be in court, Scientists regard Ora as present ing a problem of psychology, or sock ology, or criminology. | But Ora disregards the scientiats and looks within its narrow confines | upon a tragedy that concerns every | home, every child | The one man in Ora who would like to know how psychologists, or sociologists, or criminologists, can explain the tragedy is Harry Slavin, father of the dead boy. What will they say of Harry Sla- vin?” he asks. 4"He moved to Ora to raise his children, to have them away from the evil influences of the city. Now one of them Is dead and he is in court in a murder case. FATHER COMPARES VILLAGE AND CITY “In a little place like Ora there tn| not peace among neighbors, And | my boy is dead. | “In the city there are street cars and automobiles and little sunshine. A little town is the place to bring up children, And now, look! Look! | “When neighbors ceased to be | neighbors, I wanted to sel] my little | store and leave here, But the sale | fell thru, I thought times would be | better and I stayed, And for what? |'To see my boy die, “Now the world sends experts to | investigate this case—the case of my | own flesh and blood. | “What do experts know about what is in a child’s heart? What do lexperta know about ancestry and neighborliness and goodness? “The community knows, |who live together for years and) | years know more about their neigh | bors than science ean ever know. “There \# just one punishment for crime—it must fit the crime—an eye for an eye—a Ufe for a life” | | | Page One, ‘Column 3. |had registered at U. Six copa during safety, week. Seattle Ad club special session at | Bon Marche grill Tuesday noon. Pleads not guilty; robbery charges; | Charles Hanford, supertor court. Initiation Young Men's association Tuesday night; 102 new members. Tacoma American | brands Grover C, Bergdoll arch-slack- VERY SIX MONTHS the federal government requires newspapers to file reports on their circulation, ownership, ete., with the postoffice au- thorities. The Star, in making this report today to the government, be- lieves it also may be of interest to our readers. For the six months ended March 31, the daily circulation of The Star was 64,685. This figure is 10,703 in excess of the circulation of The Star’s closest competitor. Six months ago, when the last previous statement was ublished, The Star’s lead was 8,435. hese are six-month averages. The Star’s circulation is growing, which means that it is greater at the end of the period than at the beginning of the period. The Star’s average daily circulation in March, 1921, was 66,918. It is now well over 67,000, which is more than 5,000 above the figure offi- cially reported to the government six months ago. Circulation, however, is merely a measure of a paper’s strength. e Star is prouder of the uses made of its eee than of the mere possession 0: A newspaper’s whole duty is not done when it publishes news. All pa- pers print the news, more or less im- perfectly, depending on the ability of the reporters and the independence of the editors. The Star performs only half its duty when it merely prints the news. Three things that have happened this year will illustrate: 1 EN JANUARY rolled around this community was in the midst of a most surprising plague of pessi- mism. Our people were being told that business was rotten and would be worse ; that Seattle was in for a period of depression; that other cities would take away all our trade. One agency of publicity even went so far as to circulate a big-type scream headed: “Our Back Is to the Wall.” The Star, on the other hand, daily during January published on its first page facts and figures, and interviews with prominent local and national bus- iness authorities, tending to prove that no “panic” was in sight, that the coun- try, and especially Seattle, were not to Monday night 4,600 students death of her Trenton, Mrs. university freshmen traffic cuting witness, Hebrew left them. Legion post DEAD BABY’S MOTHER HELD) ON WEDNESDAY Accused of manslaughter for the 14-month-old baby, Gladys Primeau was held in city jail Tuesday without bail Coroner W. H. Corson is the prose The complaint al- |leges that Mrs. Primeau locked her | three children in their home at 8131] Ninth ave, 8. W., Saturday night and During her absence, the two older children turned the house | topsy-turvy and gave the baby a bot tle of lysol to play with. HARDING BANISHES TREATY! TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1921 BOY, 11, ON TRIAL FOR MURDE THREE STAR VICTORIES How This Paper Is Trying to Repay Its Patrons Who Have Made Possible Its Large and Growing Circulation. bound for the rocks, and that if people kept their heads all would come out well. By the end of January this Star campaign had accomplished its pur- pose. The calamity howlers were thor- oly discountenanced, business confi- dence was restored in most circles, and while rival cities and eastern financial centers watched in glee for signs of wholesale bankruptcy in Seattle, the city’s business men laughed at the reachers of pessimism, kept their eads and came thru smiling. Busi- ness today in Seattle is on a solid foun- dation, and many of those who were doubtful in January now agree that “the upturn has come.” 9 S SOON AS IT WAS PLAIN the calamity howlers had been dis- credited, The Star turned its attention to the street car problem. Since late in 1920 the guns of public utility in- terests had been turned on the Seattle municipal railway ‘in an effort to prove public ownership a failure. ous notion that Webster. come, prosperity deavored to kill administration, Schemes were hatched to turn the rail- cam ign, way back to the original owners. This, retaliation it was thought, would prevent other cities from following Seattle’s‘example ae taking over their transportation ines, Mayor Caldwell, whether he realized what he was doing or not, aided the utility grabbers by issuing repeated “bear” stories about the street car sys- tem, which he declared was not paying, and could not pay. A special grand jury adopted the report of the mayor’s private “investigator” that the terms of the car line purchase were “impos- sible.” There was talk of a suit to re- cover by of the purchase price, but no such suit ever has been started. The Star turned the light of public- ity on this street railway plot, and drove the underground agents of mo- nopoly to cover. Lying statements of Seattle and outside propagandists were corrected. “Interviews” in eastern newspapers which were nothing but rehashes of months-old misstatements, were challenged. And public officials who dug up the truth from the maze of figures with which the street car matter had been tangled, were su ported.in their efforts to give the pu lic the facts, and their findings were published broadcast. 9,000-FT. LEAP demani senate. be, taken away ew knew it then. ganizations that only 3 BOYS LOST IN BLIZZARD BUTTE, Mont. April 5.—Search- ing parties numbering several hun- dred men and boy scouts today en- gaged in a search of the main range of the Rocky mountains for Henry Christensen, Eugene Gil and James McDonald, three youths lost in the blizzard since Saturday. had been hunting in the mountains. When they failed to return yester: day searching parties were organ- On the fourth anniversary of | America's declaration of war with Germany a 5,000-foot parachute leap linto Seattle's harbor is planned for | Wednesday afternoon by H. H. Loy, close friend of Ivan De Villiers, | De Villiers suffered a severe in |Jury to his brain in a leap he made over Seattle several weeks ago in an effort to boost the fund campaign He apilled| for families of the policemen whd me ‘ to. $10 | it over himself and some of it trickled | were murdered by bandit John | ized. Signed attorney's name |into his mouth. He died in city how | «smite, It is believed the young men might check, Jail for eight months, King| ec any morning. have frozen to death and that recov- M. Jackson, Trustees of Women's Commercial club | April 14 at 7 p. m. Judge \quarterly session of U, 8, district jcourt in Bellingham. Frank Stevens and Jerry Sullivan transport 10 gallons of liquor; $150 each in U. 8, district court. Construction of first Greek Chri» tan Orthodox church in Washing. ton to begin here this week. Capt. Azer, People | dropped in the blue boxes for woods workers. Wor by Carl F, Uhden, special engineer |loot was found in a school house Mra. Primeau was postpone business meeting to) ye ne lott the Neterer opens twoday si’ not to worry. The the coroner's office. American- magazines John Anderson, wants more old ST. PAUL, Minny rk on Skagit to be explained |of $50,000 early today for city, to Purchasing Agents’ as | near Withrow, sociation noon, at Blanc's Wednesday | } te loot there, | Monday night at her home wrote a note to her husband, telling ing when he returned home. Mra, Primeau will probably be ad- mitted to bail Tuesday, Minnesota Bank Is Robbed of $50,000 April 6.—The State Bank of Withrow, Minn., |miles northeast of here, was robbed The bandits evidently had divided De Villiers underwent an operation at St. Luke's hospital a week ago and is now convalescing. However, arrested late ery of the bodies will be almost im- |possible until the snows melt by | summer. he and his wife are without funds, | aM General Wood Is |and it is to call attention to a bene on Way to Seattle fit dance at Masonic temple Wednes- |day night that Loy plans to make |his leap Wednesday afternoon. Eddie Hubbard, the government] SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.—Maj. aerial postman, will carry Loy over |Gen, Leonard Wood will arrive in San Francisco today en route to Se- attle, where he will board a trans- Pacifie steamer for the Philippine children, she baby was dy- according to the city, Before mounting to the islands, desired altitude they will drop cir culars over the business district an- Wood goes to the Philippines as a special representative of President nouncing the dance. The police band will play at the Harding to study conditions there. Gen, Wood and Elihu Root, who dance and members of Levy's mu- sical comedy company will donate their servic will be with him here, will address a meeting under the auspices of the American Legion in the clvic audl torlum tonight, Some useless | Statisticlans figure that the popu- lation of the world averages 110 women to every 100 men, While there are a few unconverted monopolists still extant, it is doubtful if more than a thousand of this city’s 325,009 people now entertain any seri- 3 HILE THE ISSUES of Seattle’s street car system hung in the balance, the pro-Japs of Seattle set out to strangle the alien land bill which Rep- resentatives Jones and Beeler had in- troduced in the legislature. committee, by bickerings over whether it would be acceptable to the Harding constitutionality, means but discussion of its merits. They even induced certain officials and business bodies to support their using threats of Japanese if the bill was The Star knew that-if the bill-ever:... came to-a vote-both house and senate would pass it. The Star, day by day, a vote. Finally the Japs and the Jap-lovers exhausted all their tricks. And both branches of the Washington legislature showed their substantial Americanism in the size of the votes by which the bill was passed —72 to 19 in the house, 36 to 2 in the . What of the Japanese threats? They have not materialized. No Jap business that is normally Seattle’s will d the alien land bill. that when the .threats were made, and the Japs’ American agents For the politicians and business or- as to take these threats seriously, and carry the Mikado’s message to an American legislature, The Star has sympathy—not hope they have learned the lesson now —that American courage has nothing to fear from Japanese bluff, and that a firm stand for American rights and against Asiatic surest way to preserve our peace. The trio! the street car system can or will be handed back to Stone & We haven’t got the efficient management to which we are entitled, yet, but The Star believes that will and the fate of the They en- bill by delays in by arguments over by every possible because Washington The Japs were so badly misled censure. We infiltration is the AVIATOR DIES IN. SRD AVE. ‘CRASH’ Rickenbacher Tetrazzini, colora tura aviator, is dead? “Rick” was a plump cock robin that had his habitation and his be- ing in the rubber plant outside of Mayor Caldwell's office. Miss Ida Lundberg and Mary Me- Williams, stenographers to Hizzon- er, tided “Rick” over a hard winter by scattering bread crumbs on the rubber plant. “Rick” was never late for the bread line. As a slight return for his board, the bird was accustomed to chirp cheerfully outside the window when the Elsie Smith typewriters were clattering on the day's output of mayoralty eloquence. Tuesday when Miss McWilliams arrived at the office, she discovered | the dead body of “Rick” lying out. side beneath the rubber plant, his feet turned heavenward. It is believed that he had been imbibing typewriter oil, which is said to contain a high percentage of aleohol, The night watchman of the county-city building reported Tues- day that he had observed a red- breasted bird flying erratically about the offices of the mayor, That “Rick” plunged to his death when he lost control of his wings is the only explanation that was TWO CENTS IN AMERICA WILL NOT SANCTION President Harding f Treaty of Versailles Can’t Be Ratified BY RAYMOND CLAPPER 4 WASHINGTON, April 5 —The doom of the treaty of Versailles, far as the United States is com cerned, was pronounced definitely President Harding today. it In unmistakable words, the presh dent, speaking to newspaper made tt clear that he was cont r that there is no practical way im |which the United States can consider ratifying. the treaty. e Harding denied, however, that he | has approved immediate action on 4 the Knox peace resolution. ; There is no need, according Harding, for precipitate action in Pe : |gard to the Knox resolution. He im dicated, however, that he saw |particular reason for a marked vernal of the posttion he took he voted fdr the Knox resolution. | the senate and when he indorsed in his speech of acceptance the campaign. At the outset of his interview the newspaper men today denounced reports that he re the plan espoused by the senate reconcilables calling for mi | UP TO HARI | SAN FRANCISCO, April McClatchy, of Sacramento, route to Washington today to y% ‘fore the Harding sty a declaration of policy adopted by Japanese Exclusion league ef C fornia as its program with Japanese immigration, The program covers these | principles: é “Absolute exclusion for the futt of all Japanese immigration, and female, and not only ied gnd unskilled, but ‘fi | and men of small trades and sions, as recommended by | Roosevelt. Permission for residence only for tourists, artists, commercial men, ete. “Such exclusion to be enforced United States officials, under d States laws and regulations, as done with immigration admitted of excluded from all other countriem) and not, as at present, under an rangement whereby control and |ulation is surrendered by us. | Japan, P “Compliance on the part of all de partments of the federal govern with the constitution and the donment of the threat to al take advantage of certain phi of that document as to treaties, “For the Japanese legally enti to residence in California, fair ment, protection in property legally acquired, and the privilege o engaging in any business desired, @x+ cept such as may be now or hereaft- er denied by law to all aliens or t@ aliens ineligible to citizenship, provided particularly they may hereafter buy or lease agricultul cao - |Jap Liner Bound Here, Goes Ashor TCKYO, April 5.—About to sail Seattle, the steamship Alab Maru, with a large passen, aboard, was driven ashore night by a storm that swept southern coast of Japan taking toll of 30 lives, Mayor Wires “Good: Luck” to Ball Te: Mayor Hugh M, Caldwell unelue his typewriter long enough to indite an epistle to the Hon, Nam Kenworthy, now stopping Los Angeles. “Good luck for the coming messaged hizzoner, as he m arrangements to get the flash of the Seattle baseball team's fit game Tuesday, down in Movieland, Israel . Against Lord ’ in Court Suit H “Israel against Lord” is the ttle) of a suit involving an - he cs we af vouchsafed by the members of the mayor's staff of contract in Judge man's court