The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 7

a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922 Bator The Star Witt you permit me a few lines ot| the Joke. espace in your paper to pay my com- | Pliments to Mra. W. 1 Williams whose letter appears in your lasue of care-worn and the 16th inst.? She remarks that tf Mr. Dent con sulted his mirror, he, too, might see| the cat's meow? the joke &@nd discouragements of his struggle to provide a livelihood for | “progressty his wife and little ones | of English descent, but I must con- If Mr. Dent were to follow jan the her advice he would probably see fea-| closely resembling a vacuum In the | tures roughened by exposure to the|intertor of their heads elements and furrowed by the cares| tittle finger is worth more than the hard| whole body of such persons as these,| Hditor The Star: aroused no "My ¢ ner these fitwver,” TI am not |women Iike Mra Dent ladies (7) in whom the aight of her Mra. tho they may be. Yours sincefely, E.G Abolish the Death Penalty j two wrongs make a right? Paiter The Star T am not Yors the retention of the death pen-|us that he who commits a crime un harmony with the/man Innocent or guilty tn the judge feelings of a Mrs. Ettinger, who fa-| ment of Almighty God? Dent's McINTYRE. In that | alty, She characterizes a tender-|der protection of man-made laws {s| ables hearted person @reamer, and as silly or sickly In| her sympathy. Yes, the abolition of capital pun ishment has deterred the person who | one person. would conceive of a terrible crime How many times have we heard of Prisoners whose sentence was com Muted to life Imprisonment electing as a sleeper, moment. Further with than executioner usually kills more than killing. ‘The the executioner it te « Geliberate murder criminal ft ts sometimes deliberate, but more times It is an actuation of tmeantty at the time ¢ with the! to die in preference? I will answer) lady says that criminals are abnor that ft has been heard of, many|mal and times. Do | plorable « FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Special $3.35 Gop quality Brown and Black Cowhide (not a split leather) B: wi and 15-inch een i khaki cloth, and priced at $3.35 each. —Second Floor subnormal Mahoney, we'll say, siayed| them of other things. his wife; a man-made law prose-| cuted him to his death. e « | CHICAGO, — Two things he promised to do The way > ‘ bed ‘i —" " frand lke Ba |from ecrimfnals, Proponents of capt and kill Policeman Ralph 8. Souberm, | When Doo Brown opines that any hee est 6 @ <A aon — t at; Mt! Punishment acknowledge this 1 STREET AND NO. new on the force, when he trown la to 1 " i star | - _ ¢ | other citizen of Seattle will be a clone |! iw to recall him, and start ®t) i. very suggestion of punishment n attempt to hold > Soe onan To remove criminals from nociet eoond to himself as a lar, wh ’ ree ais store pen * ngage: x ‘ Tam not @ churchman, but th by imprisonment eliminates the ev Cre a es | x underestimates him-| in something unpardonably rude in |p wc lig ee ee | ne doo was elected, he| hin impudent rejotr © Dr, HAW | ict pardona are prohibited STATE governing this city is concerned) #87 la conditions with hia! kins. a wom # canabe | neos | very limited eyes shut you could not show | Seattle has a great future if it can |)" Prinone Sasnrcapantib eR ; eam However, much could be forgiven Logic telis| him with a telescope unload ite undesirables, ‘The Penge oP pe At mage | poner team if you ned willing to use wha he the “political should be made with the mayor, a vn — oS ren Hes mg i a DOW € ‘ou a ie PRiadage eno ame be Wande we wane | Visualize it for yourself and it be sce —| legal power you have-—-t. 6, Gaia was # to ¢ then the rest of the underworld | f “won i lice department 4 Has he fired Robert He. should be given the bine tichet comes plain. In addition, the great jp n the present instance, when|in churches that pay no taxes to| ‘ty yoy began the discharge Mil \$r,, yet, or done any of the other big H. McJOHNBON, |S4vantage Is gained that an inno we jumped trom the frying pan into| become political dictators is abhor-| 1.4 guties of your office im cent man convicted in error can be e sca y attempt | proandligy pa " ‘ ~ ‘yr been ~ the fire. But we will perhaps fina | °mt nga we Amer oper Any = ™P*| you probably would order the ; tate for the something better after awhile and| ‘2,1 Fellgion and chureh with the| ang prosecution of the bootlegeees ayor ro an e ur: men reimbursed by the state for ve political administration of city, state First ave. as a starter. You the ministers’ jobs to try to im-| lm of time, In so far as it ts pos be off for our experience.|or nation should be resisted to the | °oonamy tind you would have ° jthe ministers’ jobs to try to 4 : se naan dian he oil a6 ae ae , : probably fine e mut Seattle may be a wide-open city! prove the morale of the people, and| "ble to make such a oe a lp yf ae pens ay ell ed rh gree From per-| > 009 law violators in the down! and it may not (I don't know), but{in their duty they seem to fall down | Sth money. Conside io eee : sonal observation during 33 years’! district alone. Do you tin gh and etna Of tholmere mniscrably cham the mayer 1, {ane wrong Gone by the stats should be eliminated; but imported residence in Seattle I am convinced| Sltirets is high, Dr. Browat ee : . “py BRpagee Brenly ons exect noce: , too high priced for poor|that’ more hate and all-around dev. | m4 ream: : others who make such a big holler) his, So if I was a minister I would|*™ecUtlng an innocent man. Be : . , ured that it is very, f hers who mi s . 7. . ansured that tt has been done many P © buy, even for Christmas, iiment has been created by attempts | %* *s*ured that it Is very, very and jem of rent, Inter So Many People Would Enjoy Receiving One of These! Cowhide Boston Bags in 13-, 14- accuses If the lady | city was class-conacious she would under Another | stand that a person ts apt man murdered Mahoney; he com-|anything but normal under this de-| er evidence to convict son mitted the act with impunity. to beland not only that, but help to gath 1,000 Boxes of “Kiddie Mix’’ Christmas Candy a/c Aisle Table, First Floor FREDERICK & NELSON Fare and One-half Round Trip THE LINE OF RELIABLE SERVICE December 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, January 1 Final Return Limit January 3 Dates of Sale Tickets and Reservations at Elliott 5830 E. L. CAREY, General Agent Passenger Department 200 L, C. Smith Building Elliott 5580 Convenient Schedules Consolidated Ticket Office 1010 Second Avenue the gulity in a larger measure than he) with? who would slay on the impulse of a! Jr. that, would really and | lawbreakers men? Editor Discussion | capital Hlenger than of any Let from public shall said that “two wrongs @o not make| |] state as @ reprisal for the murder Jef one citizen by another these lines, clearly understand that ment ts as wu! ae | witifully extinguishing human fe we gti one head by any other agency can be termed I am aware this ts also © ders y Subjects Star Rea His Hat Off to Mrs. Dent fess that tn this case, like to mee a cleaner)be ashamed to make any charges why don't they report the cases! to headquarters as they find them,/any minister of the gospel who is in| fessions of the ac favor of using the church a» a|/@ferward. The unforxiv and = grafting Of course, it's the mayor's Job to try to enforce the law, but It's aino! punishment has held sway | justifiable can remember, No|negro killed anothe theory or solution of the problem / that's just one leas has been presented that meets with the approval of all the people «im. ply for the reason that no solution! would impase too grent problem, or «imple, will satisfy everyone offer a satisfactory solution. As-| standpoint of right and wrong, defining right as those ac tions generally sponsored by the| Editor The Star and wrong as those action which the public indicates that we @ right.” for the make of argument, would have difficulty in reconciling | Chance to siting mud. the phrase with “an eye for an THE SEATTLE STAR profit ust what may potuate these menjsuming that each of you has pe ot see | sentence The humblest patrolman ‘ dren who mean something to you, 7 or in of more value socially than altt| ™ gp hot right. They may be 1 ask you if you would barter the For my part, I take off my hat to/ the murderers ¢ hung.” Too silly!| honest, upright men one minute, the! io, oe one of these for money The young | Remove causes of crime ar ext f of diabo 1 passions that exactly this ta cor sorrow-lined face|the valuation of a patrolman, Five |alty and become od Let fe imprisonment sentiments than | thousand men in Seattle are unem | abolish th ler of state to a greater wd, Lis, ain't that hat|Ployed. They express a wi e otet a th and nd div tal punishment It i unthinks It must be as old|to be woolety, The wen | will wane i eee Chaise nae something | ®t denied work; {t is a question| JOCK C, MOLYNEUX that " |yourself in a position require you to give an answer Would Recall Mayor Brown |“ ta reasonabe” to society has the right to protect Itself As for Mr of thone dance hall is just about as close to| take can never even police Yesier way imprisonment Are Pondering Over believe that hell as any dancing girl south of|corrected as ts the case with life Hawkins, I think that | times, as has been revealed by con account of the graft PAGE 7 May Change Taxi Stand Locations Whether or not for-bire care will January Programs for School f | wohool teachers, Sunday school teachers, scout masters be permitted to keep thelr stands tf J others who sent for and used the Thanksgiving and Christmas 7 rograms prepared for you by The Star's Washington bureau were the upper cam district fs now with them, the i" the bulletin ready now ent up to the city counc Chiet of Po includes wenahip Pro w Year Program am, «Thrift Pro free to readers of The Btar. Just fill out coupon printed below eryns hae recom 6 moved to @ Cem. tral headquarters, subject to indy vidual call Districts now used by for-hire eamw which will be affected if the counell Dd. 0 passes upon the recommendation ares JANUARY PROGRA Hee William B. E. Lee's Birthda This bulletin 4 and mall the mended that they Washington Bureau, Seattle Star 1822 N. ¥. Ave., Washington, 1 want « copy of the bulletin JANUARY PROGRAMS, ne Seek eee ae and inclose four cents in stamps to cover postage and mail Pine ug Y ace ail “i Pike ot ing to Fifth NAME oe | ¥ bandite shoot money |of preachurs to dictate in politics | **Tvative Get some friend to eae ; nt be y ny policeman murderer Which must be paid by the middie-|/than from all other agencies put |“ 1) mis. MD, but old Doc Brown should not | together, and it has not done Seattle| There may be consolation for you be partially D¢ blamed for that. He cannot help|any good. Dr. Brown, in knowing that (ii it; even our president, Mr. Harding,| Let the mayor and ocouncfl run| crookedest of your men are no Yours truty, Those who seriously desire the jinn | to e If you were desperately in JOHN CARLSON. [right thing to be 4 whether y the mestitiine: Cle eeuttakeed| = “lows..+: PETERSON, |Dr. Brown, you might carry * 9 ERE : i eee tal Puniahment attempt by preachers to use pulpits 1828 Shelton st, |™*ssage to the people (as pald eave pital P | ent’s Merits or Ife imprisonm neod « no ee tising, like you formerly did), and Ca heed to accusations of the rabid of them why you can not do o \walte man i was wurder, when aleither group whe eunuert tant, we A Message for the Mayor the abolition of) white man killed a pegro it was|@re inclined toward the lenient or! homicide; oD ‘nigger | into oblivion with the If you to whom this ts directed| chaff that maintain that Ife imprisonment! cussion, Very truly yours, h expense | however complex/on the state, I do no’ Propose to at the proposition latter ts applied to, Mized as @ lWheral, and as such was race extets, individual by the| Clected by @ substantial majority of | kins. Along | “* & liberal administration, and will dtvine brothers of the cartare as soon a legally possible, ing off i 4 4 i when one) the bloodthirsty Buch well, |@ vital matter will sift accompanies any dis D. M. MAGOR, 2677 Fourth Mayor Brown and Dr. Hawkins | that the drink he was asked to buy 1 am rather surprised that The| was ordinary soda water, but if it Star allows bo much space to the) is a ain for @ man and @ woman Tt has often been present controversy between Mayor! to make a date, whether such date Brown and « bunch of preachers, as|is made tn @ @ance hall, on the Admitting this to be true|!t ts very plain that the only object | street or in @ church. one Sought Is notoriety and 4 cheap perhaps the oldest and most popular |sin on record, and will probably re Mayor Brown was always recog-|matn as such as long ax the human Hawkins or no Haw In fact, that particular sin Seattle's voters. He is trying to give te so popular that some of Hawkins’ undoubtedly also give us a Scent times get caught and shot for pul! E i ‘ Phrases tn themselves rest of the ¢ citizen @ »efore you facts that are of prime/| | importance to the civic common. |tectives (detectives), I shudder to|7%% Dr. Brown, and many of wealth, be is reviled, slurred and|think what I probably would know. alandered? You have been quoted as saying that you nor your chief of poll nor any of your officers iso far as you knew) le cognizant of any gam bling, Uquor selling or other law in. fraction have been quoted correctly You were also quoted as saying that Seattle ty not one of the most open towns for vice in the United then ft is States. Some voters would be Inter. ave W cloth seme to ree admits that the U. 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The Store Is Dotted with Convenient Stations Where These Useful Gifts May Be Purchased. FREDERICK & NELSON 8. government is! Seattle; let the preachers run the| ‘th some of the government ble to enforce intolerant pro-| churches, and let the rest of us ®1uad men. And that’s that. | things. ‘ You claim to be strong for the cities of this country, and here long city stuff. . to know the town. Need I add, like whisky, Were I one of the high-priced de | Many brands of same? I helped * out of his way to lay | friends did; we are « unit, | deciding you are a political You ran for office under various flusher, and that if you are banners and for various offices. It for any further political prefer seems, Dr. Brown, that you were of- | in this state, you are to be fice hungry. You promised the vot- | pointed. eralmost everything, Dr. Brown, Permit me to conclude, Dr. within and without reason—t.«, the by saying how well I remember y throwing out of various political in-| slogan at the time of your curables, amounting to several hun. | “There will be hell or peace af dred, according to your own count;| city hall.” Quite cocky, t ‘Tis hard to believe you the furnishing of @ 6-cent car fare to doctor, or perhaps a litde Seattle, eto. Considering the fact that you have ented, no doubt, to know on what | been admitted to the bar, Dr. Brown, dent? The people will go ever with you, Dr. Brown, and that you are considered to be an | wish to put your cards on ta educated man, it seems a bit strange face up. | that you did not understand then| C'mon. Doc. Shoot or give that your legal latitude (in so far as gun! Respectfully, N. F. 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