The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 2, 1922, Page 2

: PAGE 2 THE ‘Hanging Day at Pen Is Described by Prisoner Vhat It Means to the Men in the Cells When Fellow Inmate Pays Penalty (BY AN EX.CONVICT) When they brought him to the it was an even bet that he tbe hanged at all, Bets were Fight and left that he would @ stay, that he would get a It that he woul! land a pardon, he wouldn't swing "There is a man now in the pen at} Walla—ho's been there a long too—-who was sentenced to On the very last day, after had said his prayers and eaten ake and ple, his shift was to “life.” A lot of money Jost and won on that I can’t tell you what the pris Paychology \s, or just what ;, We watched this con take walks around the cement We didn’t think His “mouth | houses? last for that con. I cant aeer how ft happened that us felt nervous that there was in my wing The guards too, for you feel there was something big hot and hateful tn the air. The eething hot kettle jt qouldn't sleep. I Bld lay avrake thinking and 1 Md hear the fellow beneath me ether bunk mumbling and utes before daybreak. & slight noise about the as if everybody was to keep quiet. But e out punishment goul went out in) was too late. That can hear it yet, and the spark ik off. every con there 1 know I did. screarned | Walla Walla does stink before morn Ing. | ‘Then the outbroak stopped. 1 was so weak I could hardly stand }Y felt like something burnt to ashes, | itktelese For {1 bad and one for 16. years minute, mayt fone back a million been as frightful horrib: thing of | pretdstoric brute Th was daylight now see them lead that other oon out of his cell and take him to the gallows. 1 didn't even hear the fall of the trap, Not one of ts saw that hanging. But we lived it, we died, every. one of us— a hor- rible death—and the sunshine of me the chirping of » bird that we used te sort of like to hear. Hanging « man in the pen makes % hell for every fellow there, If only you fellows knew-—but you don’t. It's « long ways from your homes and your offices. But it was right at home with us. If you have got to hang fellows, why don’t you have the courage to hang them in your own court. Why do you send them over to the pen and multiply our hell for us? But you don't under stand, for you've never been a con. a beast, a terror, aa some } 1 didn’t R. R.ORDERS TO AID N. W. Eight million, five hundred thou sand dollars will be spent by the} Northern Pacific railroad for j equipment in the Immediate future, | it became known Saturday, A large part of this sum will be spent tn the| Northwest for lumber with which to construct the apparatus. The new equipment will include 3,000 box cars, of the new N. P. SEATTLE STAR |— } | SACRIFICES FUN TO SUCCESS | Bride—In }at home after a hard day. I jas always in bachelor days, a hauled off to cards, or a the movies. during the war. come in—from the bakery. L brin doesn’t she do hers? She didn't marry to do her either. haa it flaunted iteelf so boldly One way, man is himself to Pretty Dorothy Cannon, heiress of the $50,000,000 estate| sweethearts. of Leonard C. Cannon of New York, has forsaken all the| sponsible, for so, they fancy luxuries of the idle rich to make her debut in grand opera. | them best before marriage. The lure of the opera stage was greater than the attraction of the town house on Park ave., country home on Long Island, or the foreign house in Shanghai, China. OFFICIALS UNITE |WARM SESSION TOFIGHT DOPE ON 5-CENT FARE Federal, County and City | Council Committees BL | feet y-vhyery ibys When he brings a fat pay envelope | fo @ house in which chgos rules, he | notes indignantly that a Httered ling room and dirty kitchen make |@ poor background for a pretty wife. | He says 40, ond then the wife cries that he doesn’t love her any more standard type, at a cost of $1,500,000; and $3,000,000 worth of new locomo. tives, Including 16 of the largest freight engines tn America; 10 new passenger engines, and 25 Mikados, the largest atmple locomotive made. Seattle to Be Host to New Legislators The Chamber of Commerce will be host to members of the state legis. lature at the members’ council luncheon tn the Masonic club on January 5, it was announced Friday Invitations have been mailed to all legislators in the state and prac tically all are expected to attend. | The lugcheon will probably be. jcome a biannual event in Seattle Jit will be scheduled for the same |day that the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce gives its bi-annual dinner jt the legislators and allow the men seasions. It is expected that matters par pertinent to Seattle and vicinity will be discussed at luncheon and suggestions for the Puget Sound districts Waterway Hearing To get the earliest hearing pos- sible for the Duwamish waterway + | fairs department, has suggested that .|that there was a regular meeting | scheduled for December 5 and five , }Objection to a postponement until January 8 be accepted for consid eration of the case. December 10 had previously been suggested for the hearing, but Gen. Beach, head of the board, advised days would not be sufficient time in which to prepare the case. He further suggested that there was no early in January. REV. ANTRIM H. NICKELL, pas. tor of Bethany Baptist church, wil! | deliver three sermons Sunday. His topics will be “Confessing Christ in Baptism,” at 1045; “The Christian Home,” at 3 p. m. and an evangelis- tle sermon 729 p.m. ™ epee 4 OkeantAL — 14, 4 DAYS ONLY STARTING TOMORROW DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS “THE THREE FIRST TIME SHOWN AT PAINLESS PRICES Men Organize No Action on Reduction | Thre’ onty one way outs The | wife must stop shirking. 60-5 aitto: Federal, county and city lawen-| after a stormy session, « jotnt| Norriace (¢ @ 40-50 proposition forcement officers have joined hands/ meeting of the counct! finance and in @ common war against the nar/titilities committess adjourned Fri-/ cottotrafficker. An organization In| day afternoon without taking any) which all three branches ef the action on the revised Fitzgerald government are represented was| Scent carfare bill, deciding that functioning Saturday, following «|More time is necessary to consider meeting at the Hotel Frya, at| the probable effect of a fare change) which final detaila for the cam ®0d to consider the report by Public paign were perfected. CUitities Superiatendent George F. | The work of the a poet i branches will be under the direc-|, Russell's figures, Based on the “ ‘ crnmittes comprising | (eory that a fare reduction would eee. Oe not increase the municipal railway William D. Morria, federal narcotic! Mtronage, indicate that @ B-ceat nt, chairman; C. W. Salter, fod-| fey with tras 1 secret services; Undersherifl) would result in net op- Archie Hutchinson, and Patrotman| erating joes of $12 ‘The $10,- ; N. B. Anderson. 260 to be paid monthly to the bond In addition to the committeemen, | redemption fund would swell this the following attended the meeting: figure to approximately $200,000, Millard T. Hartson, collector of cus-| Russell's statement said. t toms; BE. ©, Collier, captain of the| Councilmen C. B. Fitagerald and| police narcotic detail; A. J. Stark,| Cohen declared themselves in favor superintendent of the county jall;/ of quick action on the proposed fare | Sheriff Matt Starwich, and L. 6.| reduction, while Philtp Tindall and_ May, of the Northwest Association) Mra. Kathryn Miracle believed it) of Sheriffs and Police and the| better to await the court decision | White Cross. in the traction sult. | While this organization waa being | formed, the trustees of the White/ter antinarcotic bills, Christy) Crosa society were meeting to adopt) Thomas, publicity chairman, said) plans for @ nationwide campaign | $16,400 would be needed for prelimi: | in support of the France and Por! nary campaign expenses. direetions and send applications t will be glad to know that our W co-ordinated Which Includes also the history below 1829 New York A’ I want « Name. 2.4 .s0ecorene ne. fitate. Topsy-turvy House Unlove: Bachelor Days Hubby Dreamed of Orderly Home, Good Food and Quiet Evening With Pipe and Book; But, Alas, Read His Dilemma! & Christmas program of uggeaied recitation times, the origin of the Santa Clauw and St other interesting information about Christmas, ing 4 copy of this bulletin should fil! out and mail the coupon Cynthia Grey: ly Background for Pretty — Dear Miss Grey: Before I married | had visions of peace expected a good dinner—and then a pipe and a book. Now I find myself eating downtown nd instead of my book, I am 2, or a theater, or worse yet, by I do my share. Why D. D. own housework! That's why. The exploitation of the male for the female's support is a cult with a certain class of women—and it is not a new cult, as now, blame. Helplessness makes a great part of the juvenile charm which is now so desired in’ Girls like to consider themselves utterly irre- with some reason, man likes The butterfly ideal of feminine perfection doubtless works its pre-nuptial spell as well as any other, but after marriage, | if the husband has ordinary business ability, he begins to count the dividends of matrimony. The god of love himacif will go bank rupt on any other basis What ts the the sparrow? The sparrow ia @ small bird of the finch family, generally with dull plumage and alight powers of song, feeding on or near the grownd. Orig inally the name belonged spe rally to the opymmon European sparrow but now has been inaccurately cx tended to include certain wardlers description of A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Note: Persons withing the bulletin described below must observe jo The Star’s Washington bureau, and not to the Seattle office —Kditor, fichool teachers, kindergarten teachers, Sunday schoo! teachers ashington bureau now hes ready ongs and stories, nt and modern Nicholas myths, and Any reader dostr Christmas in Washington Buseau, The Seattle Star, Washington, D. C. of the “Christmas Program” bulletin and twe cente in stamps for postage. Btrect and Ne. .0.. .-wcessscrccccewes-coesameccncceses ++ OMY. . ceceees ss ceccceeesommes sec eseweres centers esesesescees A BRAND NEW DOUBLE FEATURE BILL VIRILE — ROMANTIC FRANK MAYO Supported by Beautiful SYLVIA BREAMER in the romantic action-drama WOLF LAW’ A thrilling story of a young hot head’s folly in the land where “Wolf Law” held sway, and love is won by fearless fighting! | PICKFORD | | From the Magazine Story dy G. Hugh Pendexter AND HERE’S THE SERIES YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR Those inimitable “Leather Pushers” from H. Edwards Comedy C. Witwer’s famous Collier’s stories — The first of the new series starts today—with all the characters and rapid fire action you liked 80 well in the first series. Columbia AIL-Artist Orchestra ll CA (ander Mae asin a k eh VERA A. Pusherv REGINALD DENNY UNIVERSAL JEWEL SERIES fice Monday, Wednesday , from 1 to 2p, m., and y and Thursday from to 12 m. each week Please do not come at other times, as it seriourly interferes with her writing IT’S TOASTED one extra process whioh gives a delicious flavor r birds, ete. Bome #0 or 40 birds are called sparrows in the Unit ed Btates weave Who were the authors of the fol-| lowing quotations “What makes men good Ohristians makes th Dantel Webster The God who at the m good citizens,” 0 us life, gave ms Thomas var liberty time, I asked friend wife to sew a button the other day and Jefferson what do you think she said? “You sewed your own buttons Have you forgotten how The washing goes out of the house; the bread, cake and pie of your Nobody scrubs, nobody mends, nobody dusts at our house, unless things become so dis- i orderly we can't move about, then wifie har a woman come in by the day to untangle the debris, Indolence never did make a hit with me, but as the girl I | the human race, married worked two years in an office, how was I to know) cee she'd turn out plain lazy in her own home? her a nice pay envelope. it must be pre Jackson Our federal unton “Think of your forefathers posterity,” John Andre Thinks Quiney Ad . erally the best vin~| Was one of the presidents of the slander,’ Abraham | tnited States «@ tallor | yes, Andrew Johnson was at one | “Setfishnens ia the greatest ourse Of | wun, Wm. £, Gladstone. a es SBIEL reise What would be the postal charge lon @ package of toys sent from the United Bt to Switzerland? Twelve cents per pound, with an ditional transit charge of 10 conte on the first 11 pounds and 16 cents on all over 11; the weight of a par cel that may be sent parcel post to Parasitism always has existed, but perhaps never switzerland is limited to 22 pounda a BIG WEEK i STARTS T Oo D A Y = AT 1100 A.M. Continuous Shows Starting— 1100 A.M. “America’s Sweetheart,” more captivating than ever in her own, brand new production of her “Picture Wonderful” that is now breaking all records in Seattle, Los Angeles and New York. ‘TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY —A picture that fascinates in its simplicity; captivates by its beauty; enthralls by its countless marvels, “THE PICTURE YOU CAN’T FORGET!” . By special permission of Mary Pickford, Note herself, we are showing this “picture won- jederful” at our regular evening prices, which ————_ prices prevail all day and every day ADULTS /ai1| 50c CHILDREN (PAY! 20c¢ This picture wil not be shown in any neighborhood theatre, Henrt ©. 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