The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 6

The Seattle Star Main 01 Ry | Published Daily by The Star Publishing Oo Phe: Bot Anaoe t y Ste per month, & me Mate of Washington tor @ S menthe, or t9.00 year Glimean, Nicoli & Nuthman, Apecial resentatives, fam Franctece of- Chicage offices, pune bide.) New York effics, Monadnock blds.: Boston office, Tremont didg. lan Pacific bide | Inexcusably Bad Sportsmanship | A disgraceful scene was witnessed by Seattle hockey at the Arena Wednesday night. of the players made a deliberate and wanton at- on one of the goal umpires and kept on fighting he was pulled off by policemen, who were forced de the ice. was probably the most unsportsmanlike action in the ory of local hockey—and it came as a climax to an of rough playing, the game being featured by in- fouling from start to finish. yy has been well supported by Seattle fans in the ut interest will soon die out if the management to permit such tactics as the men displayed fans expect clean playing—not free-for-all “Jim” Watson, leader tn the senate, says his group la “gracefully” to Is that the ship subsidy bill be sidetracked f legtslation. fact t lhe farm bloc has side-tracking votes may have had something to do with the graceful yielding ‘men are telling congress that the price of gasoline depends upon i: . We get the idea now—tho more gasoline there is, the more ‘we need ts a coal wave. Fear an Actual Killer execution of Breeckow, pianist and German spy, ribed in “Queer People,” new book by Sir Basil n, former head detective of Scotland Yard: | the morning of his execution he was almost in a of collapse. He was shivering with agitation, and the shots were fired there was a sudden spasm. believed afterward that he had actually died of failure before the bullets reached him.” of fear, always a deadly poison, often a sure MATTER OF SOUND title ts very much less dignified than in the “Undersecretary” Secretary.” The good old American “Assistant Secretary.” been vogue over a hundred years in our government, is ‘title and a more honorable title than the title of “Undersecre- MeKeilar (D.), Tenn. electric trons do not damage the wail or knock a husband heavy ones. @ man a liar you occasionally find you missed your calling. wil be @isappointed If there ts no sawdust tn sister's doll. the Red Cress roll ts called up yonder will you be there? Is Your Hair Worth $8,700? what value would you place on your hair? Annie an English sugar mill, is scalped when 5 machine. Now she to wear a her skull, for life, and it’s doubtful 700. Would you sell your hair despite its eternally both: you with its groped your way along the dark aisle of a an sleeper, seeking your berth number. The Santa ad now makes the numbers on the green curtains ia Limited shine forth brightly, by using jealous of the cat, which sees in the dark? We 1 ite its power, by science. For genuine radium int, et flashlights and of artificial illumination. eean’s farewell message to America was a kiss for a beautiful , ® reminder to her to write him a love letter. The “Tiger” In looks, but he’s a youngster In spirit. work fe ruining Harding’s golf, which ts an alibi very few you will see smoking jackets listed as gifts for girls. Printing Useless Symbols and English mea could save $40,000,000 by eliminating, in spelling, the alphabetic letters silent in pronunciation, it is estimated by print- abroad. d save America two or three times as much. At eighth of our printed letters and symbols are . Costly and without effect is our practice adopting simplified spelling. For instance, using th” instead of “thru.” . LEGISLATIVE SUICIDE is to reduce the appropriation to so small a sum cannot be carried out—Representative Cable (R.), 1 director general of the Pan-American Union, says that th ¥ trusts the United States. We thought 44 was the other Fiver Nevada who shot three 7 boy people ever grows up he can join our shop from sun to sun; but Christmas shopping’s never done. Better Day for Mothers mothers die in childbirth, for each 1,000 live that are born in America. This is the average for seven years, as shown by the census. @ terrible toll and should make all of us realize and indelibly the vast debt we owe to our mothers, whom went down into the valley of the shadow us into the world. 3 news is this: The mothers’ death rate in child- is slowly declining. For which, thank medical ly je age-old struggle between Ireland and England has ended, again. pell is paved with good intentions it will be repaved New Year's. ‘thas » deaf and dumb barber college. Long may they shave. forget and give an Englishman Irish linen handkerchiefs, 7 two toy traine—one for the kids and one for father. ee and enjoy the rush, Dear Folks THE SEATTLE STAR LETTER FROM V RIDGE MANN December Dist ts here—the shortest day of all the year, The day is short for everyone, besides the shortness of the aun—we're short of many things, I know, dow w year.” gifts are bought things that we've forgot, and o stretch of night—but now's the time It starts to turn, to better things but worst of all we're short of © all been flying rather high with Christmas things we had to buy, for everybody's been a sport until hin ready cash ts short, and we've begun to like to hear that “Christmas comes but once « Rut now we've had the pleasant thought that all our Christmas @ thought that akes us, like as not, remember © again we join the crush to do @ grand and final rush. But stil) the sun goes on tte way, and gives the world tte short- eat day; it gives its least of warmth and light, It gives its longest thru the years we've grown to learn that So now ft turns and astarte to biases fte path of longer, lighter daye-—the longer days that « to show the birth of Spring from Winter's snow, and In our coldness we may see the that ts to be. And there are Gays we all must bear of shortest Joy and greatest care; but we may know that life ix kind, and In our darkness we may find the promised turning-point that bring» our path of life Mater The Star: Each morning let everybody say “Day by day, In every way, It ts getting dryer and dryer.” How to Stop Bootlegging ‘Then let everybody stop drinking und the traffic will cease within 60) days A. JOSEPH ALLIEN. bot Leary Bidg England and Versailles Treaty Eaiitor The Star I wee by the papers that the Fng- sh premier and ex-premier, Bonar Law and Lioyd George, are plounly hast at the idea of France's en forcing the treaty of Versailles by | man territory? occupying German territory I inquire for information, as Japa nese boy would say, is It not a fact that England signed the treaty Versailles, which specifically empow- | ers and authorizes France to ep- |force the treaty by occupying Ger-| G. W. DEROC, Veazio, Wash. Says Keep the Eéitor The Star: I read with signed by Mra. pleasure the letter Frank J. Ettinger, Jand heartily agree with every word she has written. By all means keep the death pen- alty tn full force. Yes, I think Seattle t# certainty fortunate in having such a sheriff an Mr, Starwich, a man honest, true and absolutely brave, And he haw frome faithful officers, too. If we had more such men our city and county would not he such a rotten propos tion. No, I have no sobs for the criminal, neither men nor women. Death Penalty The man who steals a sack of po- tatoes to feed hin hungry family should be blamed but not prosecuted But the man who shoots and robs man, said man perhaps the support of a family, should be hustled right to the electric chair You, an she says, the need of money seems to be sufficient reason to ex- cuse the dance hall woman (etther professional or non-profenstonal, the lant fn really the worst, an t show thetr true colors Thank God, T have no daughters No one can foresee what they might becorue. MELIABA. Sidewalk Blocked by Dirt Slides Editor The Star: ‘The north sidewalk on Cherry et between Fourth and Fifth aves. has been partially blocked for the past four years by the gradual slipping ‘The soll hae finally atcumulated to such an extent that the walk ts almost wholly blocked. There in « real catate agent's eign of | first} ORPHANS OF THE Many Birds’ Lives Saved Hatter The Star I have noticed the space given and the plea made for the snowbound, hungry birds which, without your aid, would probably have died by the hundreds. A appreciate it very much and 1 am sure the birds do, too, Thix ls thelr thanks as well as my own. Bincerely, L. M. CLARKE, | product. I do not agree with her as to sher iffs and patroimen betng endangere¢ by the abolition of capital punish ment. Helatively few of these are murdered in proportion te all deaths of violence In the United States. No- body wants a perfectly good cop shot to pieces, especially if he be a rela tive or close friend. But if the death of the sof] from the vacant lot which | on the property. Does that make the | penalty be inflicted for the murder occupies the whole stretch from Fourth to Fifth eve owner immune from repaire? G. A RUSSELL. Hauling Logs Over the Pavement Eéttor The Star: ‘This wan probably delayed for of these, it must also be inflicted for all ether classes. In all civilized countries a Itfe ts a life, born or unborn. There te no dintination for mental or moral equip: ment, social standing, wealth, race, Sunday I witnessed a strange stght.| hauling till the Sabbath as traffic/***, age or occupation. The cash ‘There was a truck loaded with large logs with two immense timber logs chained behind rolling merrity along on the pavement. would be light that day. Why was thie allowed tn our ctty of supposed good government? Sure ty & permit had to be secured. COUNSEL. How Was Mayor Brown Ham Editor The Star: ‘The letter written by C. 0. P. tn your Saturday's paper causes me to ask the gentieman just what the mayor has fone for the citizens since he took office; also in what way he has been hampered by the counett. As I recollect ft, the ory at the pered? time of his election was “Turn the thieves out.” Did he turn them out? If any were turned out they were replaced by worse material, Would any senethle man call ft hampering te prevent him trom put- ting some of his ex-employes on the city payroll? CITIZEN - Why Both City and County Jails? EAéitor The Star: Have we a city and a county jall in Seattie? If so, why? In it wo that the taxpayers want two jaile? If the other cities in King county use the county jaf! in Seattle, why should not Seattle do the eame? Besides, if the city jail ts in the condition that Count DuBarry claims Seems to me this war all thrashed out in the papers a year ago. Can It be possible that there ts [atill @ lack of comfort station factti- ties In that institution? Sheriff Starwich very promptty cleared his skirts of the DuBarry elaim, A. RO RAPER, Industrial Insurance Costs FAttor The Star: that the taxpeyerse have been gouged out of $2,000,000 from the general state fund to operate the industrial § insurance How come? those figures? Where does he get! state. that only $160,000 was a t In Friday's Star “TH. G. Fu” atated | py the 1911 a es eg legisiature out of the |weneral fund and that the 1931 logisiature appropriated $606,060, but department, |this only shows the growth of the It i# m lot better for the taxpayer to pay $2,000,000 than for Anyway, doesn’t he know this law the workingman to support lawyers is for the poor working man this state? Any working man who fe hurt t* immediately paid by the state. Inn't it better for the mer. Shant and taxpayer to have this injured man paid out of the ge eral fund than to have him hire lot of lawyers? Before this law went into effect the lawyers got It all, Doesnt “H. G. R.” know that $606,000 per year ta cheap compared to tho benefits received by the poor, | it injured working man? I don’t know, but it may be true in| "nd courte and | get nothing. The atate ia supported in the end maybe by the workingman, and for the \state to mee that the injured work- Ingman i» paid ts only common Jus. tlee. There is no sense in an article of the kind H. G. R. wrote, The tn- dustrial tmaurance jaw evi of constructive ere is no chance for “a; b pecial in- terests” to dip in Maybe that re what 1. G. R. is complaining about. No government ts any good unless ‘works for the governed. J. WwW. BURTON, 4629 88rd Ave, B. legisiation, Murders of Every Sort Wrong Editor The Star: Mrs. Frank Bttinger pleads for capital punishment, saying it “pre vents crime” and that thone opposed to tt are “maudlin,” “copperheads,” with “tenderness for the oriminal and indifference for the upright.” We must admit that the world foes progress, tho it be ever so slowly, In looking backward she will find (1) that there are now fewer crimes punished by death; (2) of these crimes, mitigating circumstances are recognized; (3) executions, once pub: Me, as @ gala day, are now private, with a legally Mmited number of wpectators only; (4) an ever-increasing number of states have abolished tt; (5) in the few states that have re established {t, a later, more enlight- ened populace han abolished it again. For the state to make Iife cheap cheapens It in everyone's thoughts Knowledge of the death penalty in volved never yet stayed an assassin's hand, She says that “the upright and thrifty are not to blame for the ain and poverty of the lawless.” In the economic situation of today the word “thrift” may conjure iden. Money, industrial dborention, pany tution, graft, petty meanness, for you certainly can’t “mve" what yor haven't got. Wat the poor are not al for thelr poverty nor are the mine perous alwnye to be praised. : This ingrowing goodness gives mo ® pain! To be truly “upright” i ht re- supposen an intelligent, responsible helpful attitude toward those lean carefully reared than ourselve do not sin precisely as we do. ud send there persons to God or the devil, at the end of a rope, shows an inadequacy somewhere of the f#o- called “good.” If, as she ways, the “criminal clam is made up of the abnormal and subnormal," I ask how did they get that way? And, [being no, what better conduct could she logically expect from them? ‘There t# @ reason for all thingy and if woclety is mo stupid as to go on producing misfits and morons I sup pose it will still be stupid enough Al and criminal enough to shoot and hang the most troublesome of ite Poverty 1s @ crime, but rn value for “damages” is not based on human standards, but on the one im controvertible fact that life—one life only—4e the God-given attribute of us al! and that it must be safeguard od at whatever cost. If this theory-—tdeal—4s hela by the “upright.” the thrifty,” the “so- cially valuable,” in their dealings with each other, why must they oe heatedly, eo promptly forget it all | when the “sinful etricke “abnorm: the “poverty: * or “subnormal,” come a ® perverted mind? “Thow shait not kill” happens to be one of the 10 commandmets that “good” people sometimes forget. If it is not right for one man te ios another, even with provocation, why Is ft right for all men, combined under guise of state law, to put to death whosoever they choose? There are tragedies in things we suffer at the hands of others, that are more truly criminal than mere extinguishment of physi eal life, Shall we hang these guilty onea? Where shall we draw the line? Shall the earth become one great sinughterhouse? Why not bring all our Intelligence to the lem, all our Integrity, our altruism, our Jue |tice, and do our pert to build up « nation In whioh there will be never again a private murder, a state mur- der, or the national murder of war? L. M. CLARKE. My Auto, ’Tis of ee! |My auto, ‘tle of thee, | Short road to poverty, Of thee I chant. I biew a pile of dough On you three years ago; Ish great! Now you refuse to go— Or won't, or can’t. Thru town and countryside You were my joy and pride A bappy day. 1 loved thy gaudy hue, The nice white tires so new, But down and out for true In every way. To thee, old rattlebox, Came many bumps and knocks; For thee I grieve. Badly the top is torn, Frayed @re the seats and worn, The whooping cough affects thy horn I do believe. hy perfume @wells the breese, An we pass by. IT paid for thee a price; |"Twould buy a mansion twice; Now everybody's yelling I wonder why? Thy motor has the grip, The spark plug has the pip, And woe ia thine. I, too, have suffered chills, Fatigue and kindred ln, Endearing to pay my bilis, SILAS ARNOLD, Seattle, Wash, “Loor— In USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS 1 ay bears the “lawless,” admittedly | cropper, following the promptings of | life, the! (Continued From Yesterday) vir Everything was as it should be, as he and Haram made the camp. He himself cut the boughs for their beds, laid them with his remembered skill, epread the blank and kept the fire blazing while Kzram cooked; afterwards he knew the indescribable pence of a pipe amoke beside the slowing coals, He saw the moon | SERICE 1990-Litle, Brown & Company come up at last, translating the spruce forest into a fairy land Of course he had remembered the moon, How many times had he watched for its argent gleam on the sky line, the vivid, detailed stihouette of the spruce against it; and then its slow-spreading glory thru the still, dark forests! The-spires of the trees grew ensilvered, as always; tm- mense nebulous patches lay between 100% power stick to it. ice stations, everywhere. Fill at the Red Crown [ SCIENCE Sun Spots. Still a Mystery. Affect Our Weather? 11-Year Cycle. We hear much of mun spots and their effect on earthly conditions. But it ts montly guesswork. | Professor Sir Norman Lockyer, #tudied sun apota, and from his work the theory was devined that there ex- ltt» a reintion between the number of sun note and the rainfall on the |earth, Another theory has mate | these spots also responsible for earth | quakes. | Predictions made on thore theortes have not been more successful than any gues would have been. | It is known, however, that these spots wax and wane with an liyear tide, Also that the magnetic pole maken its circle near the true North pole in a #imilar length of time, Rain- | fall on the Pacific coast also follows an ll-year period. | ‘What, if any, relation there is be tween all this end gun spots ts notes | tually known. |the trunks, shadows stole mysterious |ly, phantoms met, lingered, and vam ished. This was his own North! The stir and vigor In the very air told him that. This was the land he hed dreamed of, under the moon; the | primeval forests that had tried him. tested him, staked their cruel might against him, but yet had blessed him with thelr infinite beneficence and hospitality, It was ever somber, yet ite dusky beauty stirred him more than any richness he had seen in bright cities. He knew its every mood: ecstasy in spring; gentleness in summer; brooding melancholy In [the gray days of fall; remorseless, | savage, but unspeakably beautiful tn |the winter. He felt his old pity for the spring flowers, blossoming se | hopefully in this gentle season. How soon they would be coyered with y feet of snow! ‘s all come clear again,” he told Ezram. And the two men talked over, quietly and happily, old days at Thunder lake. He remembered now that Ezram hed always been most intimate friend of his own family: @ spry old godfather to him- self and young sister, a boon com- (Turn to Page 13, Column 1) WHO _ PIANO . at the first jump of the Play safe. 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