The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 11, 1922, Page 6

By met, out of me the te 14.50 for @ ment atty, tee tate of ha THE SEATTLE STAR A Petter from AIVRIDGE MANN. Wrasninaton. Oucotas of the stata, See per mnentn, $0.00 per yearn My carrier, city, be & month ‘| Investigate “Frame-Up” Charges A Franzen testified that officers of the law had deliberately “framed” Woods— they had bought medicated alcohol from him and substituted grain alcohol for It. A. B. Stites testified that “informers”—stool-pigeons, to use the more. picturesque were paid a special bonus of $20 for every conviction they secured. statements are not to be accepted at their face value. They are denied by Attorney Malcolm Douglas, and a jury showed its lack of faith in them by Woods in the face of the alleged “frame-up.” that doesn’t settle the matter. such a serious question that no mere denial will serve—in justice to Prose- Douglas himself there should be a searching investigation. fee system is the most rotten weapon that was ever devised for use by un- officials. informer, in the first place, isn’t a high type of man. If he were he wouldn't ‘an informer. And when you employ him on the understanding that he will be paid ILY IN CASE OF CONVICTION’ you are inviting him to get false testimony with It begins to look as if the vets who kept their insurance will collect it before their bonus, Some favor daylight saving because it gives them more time to loaf. Birth control or not, a full house beats a pair. The modern Mrs. Lot turns to rubber. Lame excuses don’t go far. with what American oreo can mitt det yu are backing various ship subsidy bills are sincere when they say Self- Interest ._V impels us to see that a garment tailored by us is correct in every re- spect before it leaves this shop—an assurance of sat- isfaction to the customer and helps sustain our twen- ty-year reputation for de- pendable tailoring. Showing a varied selection of attractive new patterns. As low as $50. StoneLros Sailors On the Corner Second and Marion that what they seek to serve ts the national and not thelr own private Interests, And sincerity tn this matter ts something which the American people have not only the right to assume, but the right to Insist on. de Deuteronomy seri -25. ee I come, I come! ye have called me tong. I come oer the mountaina with Hight and song; Te may trace my step oor the wahening earth, By tha winds which tell af the vie~ lete birth, By the primrose stare tm the ched- owy gress, By the green leoves opening as I pase —Feitcte Hemana Be Fair to Jim Watson Tt tent fatr to Senator Jim ‘Watedn, of Indiana, to ‘sty that he connived at Senator New's de feat. No more than to the defeat of the others who will go down be cause of Newberry, whose sena torial manager Watson was, No more than to the defeat of the others who will go down for supporting the hard-boiled, Old Guard program in the senate, of which program Watson was the executive officer. New wnan't deserted by Watson and the Old Guard, nor yet by the administration, nor tho lobby, nor the press genta, On the contrary, the rewult rep- resents the total strength of the whole outfit in Indiana this year. Tf thts coal strike continucs, the man with money to burn will need tt next winter. Working in the Vineyard When men work for others, without money and without price tire age of altruism approaches. Senator Watson (Indiana), as sures the senate that Attorney General Daugherty took no fee for his services in getting Shipbuilder Morse out of the federal pent tentiary the last thme—tn 1912, And Belcher, lawyer for the West Virginia coal operators, now conducting for the state, the trea- son trials of coal miners, anys, In court, that the Baldwin-Felts out- fit were not paid by the coal op- erators for maintaining @ private army of gunmen tn the coal fields. Nor, says Belcher, were the Bald- win-Felta employed by anybody. Who can any that this Is an age of selfishness? We will refoice in thy salvatton, and in the nama of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulft all thy petitions. — Psalm we. 38, A man ts atrertng an auto by ra- Ho; but success will come when you can fix an auto by radio, LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Totay’s word ts PLINIPOTENTI- ARY. It's pronounced — plen-t-po-ten-sht- ari, with accent on the first and fourth lablea, nS perwon Invested with r to transact any business; a diplomatic agent so equipped. | It comes from—Latin “plenus,” full; dnd from “potens,” also Latin, meaning to have power. It's used ike thia— “The soviet |plentpotentiaries at Genoa were not much pleased with the powers’ plan for reconstructing Ruswia,” Dear Folks ‘These poet guys whe itke to Spring, may be all right tn what sing thetr tyrio guft of Gentle they say, as well os otherwise ©, K, but even eo, I'd Ike to bet that few of them are married yet. Yor how can anybody dream of budding tree or babbling stream, or write a lot of mushy guff or other sentimental stuff, tf, in the Bpring, he's got & spouse who epi You wander home—the rooms Iie the beans by cleaning house? are bare-—there aren't any our tains there; ne pictures grace the barren wall, the carpets aren't t all; and everywhere your vision stops, are brooms and rage and mops. You've got to use the kttohen Goor becaure they're Mixing uo the floor; and when you travel anywheres, you have to climb a of chatrs; you think the wife has run amuck, and wonder oyclone struck. he surest thing you know, you haven't any place to for in the yard you're bound to meet a bumper crop of rugs to © beat; tt makes you wonder, while “Homo, Sweét Home." fo give me Winter, Summer, Fal, and I'll enjoy them on you roam, what Joker warbied nd atl—and there are times, I must admit, I favor even Spring @ bit but Lord preserve me when the spouse begins the job of clean LETTERS EDITOR ing house! Etter The Stan May 1, thru the columns ef your paper, correct an article of your pub Heation tn @ recent taeus It was stated that three Rellevue boys ransacked and robbed the home of a Mr. Plant of Bellevue in the ab sence of the family. ‘The theft was correct, but the boys Werg not Bellevue boys; that ia, one Fattor The Star: At the school board meeting of May 6 the Tax Reduction councll ‘presented a resolution asking that/ the Items for automobile allowance | for the school staff be denied, Hight eon persons are thus favored, mak-| ing the sum $5,409. When the resolution wae read an explanation was made to the effect that @ great saving of time was the result of the expenditure. Nobody objects to a saving of time; |the contention is that when these people are employed, they must | know that It will be thelr business to} leo from schoo! to school as quickly | as possible, They are given good salaries —$2,400, $2,760, $3,300, $9,600, $4,200, $5,100, $10,000—-and that ought to cover their transportation, ‘The taxpayers see no more reason extra money for car fare ere have to get to their work, and salary or wage allowed must the transportation te and frem in all casea except it Is expremiy stipulated. But why one branch, and the very highest pald ef ail, should be thos favored, does not seem te the taxpayers, and the protest ts Editor The Star It neeriie to me that the will of the people, ae expreemed tn regard to the Humane society, should stand. Why have all the expense and Gelay of jcourt procedure in establishing its claim? I have heard no sound arguments tn favor of much action, As to “What will become of former employesT’ I will nay that the pound, or any other city inatitution, is not run for the epecial benefit of thoae seeking em- ployment. When necessary and pro gressive changes ocour, it ts only | natural to suppose that there may be changes in the personnel I do not consider “clvil service reg: ulations” necessary in disinfecting « |dog or feeding « etray cat, If the |"charter requires such ctvil service regulations for the pound, managed | by the ofty,” It should be remembered |that the city no longer controls the | pound, but hag transferred {te rights and duties therein to the King Coun- | ty Humane soclety, and therefore the | regulations of the old are not neces |sarily incumbent on the new, As to the statement that “the city Jeannot delegate any part of its police| |power to a private corporation,” tt} | should be remembered that the term | “police power” ts a broad one, and comprises far more than any city’n| police board or any of that board's |functioning. ‘This “police power” tn inherent in the people and cannot be taken away from the people by the |legisiature, or in any other way, No lolty can delegate all or any part of | this polles power to any corporation, private or otherwise, | Put deciding In what channels thts | police power may properly—and per lhaps better, express itself, is quite a different matter, And the city has | decided that its Interests could be bet |ter werved thru the Humane society |than by the former pound. When an old tnatitution ts abot fnhed and Ita pince taken by a new body, the new not only takes over the prerogatives of the old, but Impreasen upon the new order of things Its own | inherent virtues, Hise why a change? Honee the Humane society may not 4o what the pound 4/4, but leave n this enlarged work Its own ape | clal tmprint—better, kinder, more un- ferstanding, and efficient care of the animals in charge, Because the Humane woctety has enlarged powers and responaibilties does not In the least tnterfere with the duty of the police to clear the atreets of dend animals, stop a victous dom or head off a cattle stampede. ‘They should work in harmony, each ja help to the other, | This co-operation was exemplified fn the Be-Kind-to-Animals week thia| year, in Charleston, #. C., when Chief of Police Cantwell {seued a proclama- tion “To the Offficers and Members of the Department,” calling attention to the Humane society and the lawn! relative to cruelty to animals, and} urging thelr enforcement of law and| co-operation with local representa- tives of the humane movement. Can not—will not—Seattle be as renerous and helpful, as progresatye 3 this matter as Charleston has heen? i M. CLARKE. Bellevue Boys Guiltless has not been a resident here for the past year, while the other loys never have lived tn Bellevue and are rest Gents of Beattie. We mention this correction tn fus tee to the boys of our community. | GRACE C HILI, Secretary, Bellevue Parent Teacher Association, Attacks School Expenses that a new departure In extravagance was opened up—an appropriation of $1,000 to give the Iilinols intelligence testa to second grade pupils Intelligence tests are not to tn crease the child's Intelligence, but to Gincover whether he has any intellt gence. ‘Thene teste originated tn the ont The SHINOLA box has an easy lifts the lid. Mo more eoled taiiD er | THURSDAY, MAY 11, 19 America’s Home Shoe Polish ‘THE ECONOMICAL POLISH FOR ALL SHOES. SHINOLA adds to the life of leather. Gives a durable, brilliant polish that stands out. that or broken, finger nafs Black, Tan, White, Ox-blood and Brown. —Always 10c. To make shoe neatness an easy habit —get the SHINOLA Home Set. Yeornities, and were used in the army to some advantage. It's all right if they want to play around with them in the untversities, They may be needed to detect the intelligence of university students; for ene reason, the student passes thru the hands of so many Gifferent teachers, no one can give him or her « rating; but in the second grade, where the teachers have entire charge of the pupils, in « time they must know the intelligence of every child in the room. and as for the principal, if he spends one hour in « room watch ing the work, he will know more about the intelligence than pages of tests will tell him. It only costs $1,000 to start ft, but what will ft cost to finish? A thom sand Gollars ts such @ small age of three or four militons! It ts © pity to see anything that bas so little to do with real teaching intre duced. Why Goesn’t someone create a new interest in spelling or the multiplica- tion table, or parsing? Who knows how to parse? The latest book on English says: “The poor results of past rience have clearly brought out the need of readjustment of the Hnglish work tn high schools.” Why in tt #0 stated? At every stage the claim is made that the work is being well Gone, and yetareview shows i needs readjustment. MRS. ANNE B. STEWART, Where you see the Pink Diamond ~Goin EADING merchants are showing the Pink Diamond as a signal of a new and greater co-operation with the men of > c.ciiiett® ' King, ‘ecm this city. ‘Wherever you see the Pink Diamond, there is headquarters for the finest shav- ing service of the age—the New Im- proved Gillette. Tomorrow morning—put your old razor in your pocket. Take it to any Pink Diamond Store and ask to compare it with the New Improved Gillette. You'll see some things about safety razor design you never saw or thought of before, This is becoming a New Improved Gillette town, The men here buy the best. Gillette is making it. 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