The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1924, Page 8

The Seattle Star Published Datiy by The Siar Publishing Co. 1807 Seventh Ave. Phene Main 0608. Newspaper Enterprise Association and United Pr oti - 2 months $1.00, © months 02.68, year Ban Francisoe 4g.) New Tork offios [Paying With Lives for Congressional Delay TY NTY-EIGHT murders today in the United States! The news dispatches will tell you of only a few. Murder has become so common that it is of no more than local interest unless the crime has unusual angles or involves celebrities. You are twice as likely to be murdered today as you were 20 years ago. In two decades the mur- der rate has doubled, even making allowance for population increase, On a strict population basis we had 25 times as many murders as England and Wales. Our record, for each 1,000 of population, is three times as black as Italy’s. ‘0 PREVENT a child from starting fires, you keep him away from matches. In this simple principle is the obvious way to lower the murder rate. Poison used to be the favorite method of mur- der, It is comparatively rare now—because the government has made it difficult for the criminally inclined to obtain poisons, especially ones that leave little or no apparent trace. The revolver now is used in the majority of murders, Proper restriction by the government of the sale and distribution of revolvers will reduce murders by guns just as it has been a death blow at the killers by poison. Local restrictions against sale of pistols and revolvers are of: little avail as long as crooks can buy them from mail order houses without restraint. At the suggestion of The Star Congressman John F. Miller has introduced in congress a bill to bar shipment of revolvers by mail or express un- less permits for possession of these weapons have first been obtained from local authorities and sub- mitted by the purchaser to the seller. The bill has been favorably reported out of com- mittee. Congress should pass it promptly. For each day it is delayed 28 American victims of assassins pay with their lives! The Star and the Mouse! E, FLAGG, of 1119 Yakima ave., writes to the edi- tor about the story of Tadao Kamura, carried by The Star the other day. Tadao, a Jap, was selected as valedictorian at Franklin high school. Says Mr. Flagg: “I feel that your article was unfair and insulting to this young Japanese boy, as he no doubt has an ambition to make good and has succeeded or his instructors would not have given him this honor. I can not conceive of an elephant getting much satisfaction out of trampling upon a mouse.” ‘HREE years ago, after long entreaty, the young son of the editor was allowed to purchase a pair of white mice as pets. The boy’s mother yielded reluctantly to his pleas that “Aw, two mice won't hurt and I c’n keep them in the woodshed.” All went well until one morning, not long after, when Sonny came running in, his eyes wide with excitement. “Oh, mom,” he shouted, “we've got seven little: puppy mice. Come and see!” That was only the start. Our mice family grew and grew as litter after litter arrived. To mention parting with any of them brought a wail from Sonny that was heartrending. It was only after the cheese bill at the grocer’s had mounted to almost as much as the staples, and after some of the rodents had gnawed their way to liberty and overrun the neighbors’ yards that the ultimatum was served by Sonny’s mother. And that night the editor committed murder. ** * ae elephant, as The Star said the other night, doesn’t like to trample on the mouse. For the mouse is harmless. But it isn’t the mouse that counts, Mr. Flagg. It’s the MICE! Keeping Our Wealth ‘¢CSHIRTSLEEVES to shirtsieeves In three generations,” is an old saying. It means, as you know, that in three generations of rich heirs the wealth of a family be- comes dissipated—passes into other hands, This old saying is bunkum in most cases. It is based on the supposition that all sons or grandsons of the rich are spendthrifts, which isn’t true. Especially in our day, when crafty lawyers show rich clients how to freeze their money in trust funds so the principal cannot be touched even if the interest can be flung to the four winds. LETTER FROM \V RIDGE MANN Dear Avridge Mann: fe May 22, 1924, Las’ veek you say, “Vell holy yee! Vhere can dose yingling sqvareheads be? Dey promise dey goan write some more In nine- teen hoondred tvanty-four. So shake a leg, Hulda and Sven, and write so Ay can loaf again Vell, Avridge Mann, das von to blame, by yingo, ban dis Hulda dame. Ay wrote her yolly note Ins’ year, to vhich she yust ban turn deaf ear. So dat ban vhy Ay haven't wrote—Ay valty you hee, for Hulda’s note. By stars above Miss Hulda svore dat she goan write to me some more. But it ban only bunco talk, and she ban Har by das clock; for Ay receive no vord at all from das har yingling Svedish doll. Ay guess she ban Uke all de rest—she likes das fancy shelkn de best; dose slickers med das greasy hair, vot shoot en line of svell hot air. And med such guys Ay stand no show, for Ay ban haluva homely bo. But Ay ban pretty dem game guy, and Ay skall not sit down and cry. Altho my heart ban sad and blue, Ay goon to keep on smiling too; for Hulda likes das yolly folk, so Ay skall grin if Ay ban choket Vell, Avridge Mann, before Ay lay my eversharper pen avay, Ay must admit you ban, by yee, en damsite better Svede dan me: and vhen you say you like my stuff, Ay know dat kind of talk ban bluff to save yourself some head-vork toil—but still Ay lke das Kind of oll, Vell, dis ban qvite en lengthy note, and maybe it skall get your goat, 20 Ay wkall shake en leg and qvit, med hopes Miss Hulda glimpses it—and proves herself a friend in need by writing to daw Joncsome svede, SVEN, Seattle, Cirritye Monn 10,000 Murders €e HOW TO STOP IT!) THE SEA TTL STAR ast Year! 28 More Homicide Rate, Dc yuble That of Two Decades Ago, Mounting Rapidly; Guns Blame abe N THOUSAND perso United States in 1923 Twenty-eight Americans these 24 hours run true to These figures are furnis' Hoffman of the Prudential These figures, mind you, ders. discovered, particularly in ¢ | an unknown number of people ho are recorded by the poll . r the as hav disappeared” tie sod, victims of as ne. Hoffman, the rapidly number of homicides, graphically traying the unrealised peril. “Twenty-eight leading Amert } can cities," he says, average rate of 10.2 per 100,000 population as compared with $1 in 1910 and 6.1 number of grew has com | piled statistics, por show an murders in 1995 9.0 1922 in 19 slayings in from 609 1910, 1,877 in cities 409 in to 1,365 in and 3 ir “At the head of the murder list stands the appalling record | of the elty of Memphis, Tenn.” Hoffman in the cur of The Spectator, an | insurance Journal “There | were 113 murder deaths in | Memphis tn 1923, equivalent to a rate of 65 per 100,000 popula | tion, In other words, Memphis | i» more than seven times more murderous than the country at large.” In all Scotland in 1922, with | @ population of about 6,000,000, | there were only 18 deaths from homocide, Three English cities of about five times the size of Memphis —- Manchester, Liver | pool and Birmingham—had | gut five murders each during 15,000 popula 1923 tion, murders in 20 In of the in Ui murder the Metr In 1928 this company p: homt politan Life Co. out for cide, $72 Telling It to Congress (Excerpts from the Congressional Record) aths caused by 788, as compared with OUR FOREIGN FIELD Wo sell our standardized goods iy competition with others, but we can not adapt our manufacture to local demand and compete, as It increases our cost of production. We can jonly meet the cheap labor of Europe by our higher skill in or ganization thru mass production Thus our problem is to establish our standardized goods thruout the world.—Secretary of Commerc: Hoover, before house committee on interstate and foreign commerce A WALL STREET PLOT The great investment banks, the steat land mortgage companies in the country, are to the front |this. movement to subject state bonds, municipal bonds, farm-loan bends, and government bonds to taxation In order that the rates of interest may be raised in the United States and that they may be able to lend out their private hoards at higher rates than they are now obtaining. — Senator Simmons (D) N.C, | . HURRAY FOR IOWAY! There are no better people any-| where than the people of Iowa. | Well, indeed, did the poet describe the people of Iowa when he said: |“Out where the handclasp'y a little | stronger; Out where the smile dwells a little! longer, That's where the West begins. where the sun is little brighter, Where the snows that fall are a ilt tle whiter, ‘¢ the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter, That's where the West begins. —Rep. Kopp (Rep.), Towa. eee HIGH FREIGHTS Tho average railway freight rate jot this country last year, according jto the records of the commerce commission, was 10.78 mills per ton-mile, while the average ocean rate wag 3 mills per ton-mile, Rep. Newton (Rep), Missourt. ‘out a | Wher WE NEED ALCOHOL Our dye indu: has gone and jour paint and varnish industry will |be gone if we do not have large | |quantities of alcohol, which ix equal- |ly as essential to our business as |coal or iron to the steel or any oth- jer Industry.-H. 8, Chatfield, chair. man of industria! alcohol committee, before house judiclary committee, POLITICS AND PROHIBITION In my judgment, one of the great ost obstacles today to proper en- forcement of the Volstead act is the connection that politics han with the selection of men engaged in the work.—Rep. Cramton (Rep,), Michil- gan, before the house judiciary com. mittee, CIVIL SERVICE PAYS Wherever we have had « branch of the service administered under clvilservice rules, as compared with jt branch that is not administered junder the clyll service, the work be: |ing somewhat similar, the fayor has jalways been with that bureau ad. jminiatored under the civilwervice interstate | d by Expert ns were murdered in the will be murdered toda) the average. hed by Dr, Insurance Co. are only the known mur- Frederick L Undoubtedly, there are thousands that are never And How Murder Rate Grows nut-of-the-way places. of cities, Dr Hoffman's statistics, the murder cities is mounting 1922 Mate ‘ picked a re shows he American rick rate in tee. Ne. 3 Ne. Hate Beattie « iT Washington $609,341 In 1922, $431,601 tn Commenting on another tab! ng 79 cf murders and a rate of 3—Dr. Hoffn “This the h which has thus far be by American rep cities collectively oe * & most appalling indication of the growth of lawlesanesd and crime and without parallel in the of ¢ nations, The seriousness of the $634,800 in 1921 and 1920, which aby n says is est rate ) reached history nituat aggera person on cannot 4. ¢ are not on possibly be ex men againat the y easing, but the same conclusion may be ed to criminals who escape Murder with punishment dealt are frequently en tirely too Jeniently.” umer of the who t rimes, majority tt ter regulat says De nan. in} | Yesterday's portrait SECRETARY OF THE TRE. | ANDREW MELLON, ASURY SCIENCE MALARIA AND THE MOSQUITO Maj. Ronald Ross, jn India, tired, overworked and discouraged at see- |ing promotions going to his brother officers who spent their time “in society,” was about to give up his study of the mosquito. On the verge of quitting, he decided to examine one last mosquito thru his micro. scope. This one revealed for the first time to the human eye the malarial |Parasite in its body, If Major Ross had stopped his re- whole areas now fit to live in would be pestholos. Ships would still be going around the Horn instead of jthru the Panama canal, because the canal could not have been built and |maintained in a malarial country. It waa Ross who discovered that malaria is caused by tho bite of cer- tain kinds of mosquitoes, The mos. |quito is a blood-sucking Insect, Its salivary glands become infected with FABLES ON HEALTH I THD office of Mr. Mann, of Se. was @ gent with a misery. likes company disposition. For months, a round and rapidly increasing bald area had been appear- ing on his head. So it was with con- siderable delight, he jumped upon Mr, Mann with the following greet. ing: “Your hair's getting a Mttle thin, Mann,” “Yah,” groaned Mr, Mann, who at once hurried out to find why such a condition should come to pass, Baldness, and ineipient baldness, are difficult to trace to the source. lawa—Judge Britt, treasury depart. mont, before house judiciary com: [mittes, | Sometimes it is hereditary; some. timos it points to general atrophy, or advancing age—but quite frequently | searches, thousands of persons now | enjoying health would be dead and} FABLES ON HEALTH WATCH YOUR HATS One Big Question Before Congress —— —_— BYGouy! (F 1 DONT GET His STenatiened Out | STAND TO LOSEA k LOTOF Wes Letters All letters to The Star mu: SNATOR DILL | he Star pu as elected the per cent of the w kne it nt the moti rompled Ser D Tacoma fight proud of thelr that ing people ate 7 per ¢ that have p frame up the Mount they would not be vote, Dil ught that wo offend Seattle would be popular the and rebound to his advantage po- litically. But the idea of changing hb) has been on maps for more years and of hanging the name of a national ark lias been condemned all over anyt suggests a referendum vote on the mountain ‘That isn't feasible = fc two reasons First, ‘Tacoma wouldn't abide by the vote, for Tacoma in like Johnny nol: | dior, ‘Everybody is out of step ex- cept Johnny,’ and secondly, Rainier | National park is a national park, | |just like Yellowstone, and have| }the people of Montana the right |to vote on whether the name ot | that park will be Gardner, which is | the nearest town to the park, or Livingston, which is close by? Rain- ier National park fs as much na- tional property as Yellowstone, Yoremite, Glacier and the others. DOROTHY CRAINE, Abbottsford Apartments. one | TAXING CHURCHES | Editor The Star: Of those initiative measures be fore the people of the state this year, or trying to get before them, there are two of much Importance, the school bill and the tax levy. They say if the tax bill goes thru he lawmakers of the state will | to find some other way to} ye the additional money. Well, | why not tax church property when} its value is over a certain amount? |Make it something like the income | tax, the more the value of the Jehurch bullding and location, the |higher the tax; not to tax the |church as a whole, but each indi- |vidual property in each individual j}community, except the charitable | |institutions maintained by the various churches, as each com. |munity of each denomination has to |shift for itself, anyway. | Some ought to pay and some not. | Some places the minister does not |get a decent living, other places he | gets more than he needs. There jare hundreds of unnecessary fine churches and valuable properties, both Catholic and Protestant, in the state, that should be paying taxes | to relieve burdens elsewher: | The school bill should cari 1, MeVAY, Centralia. eee “GIVE HIM A MEDAL” Editor ‘The Star: I have been a subscriber to your |paper for 14 years and have not had any occasion to write to you before. But would like to say a word today in regards to our brave “Ray BE, Murphy," deputy sheriff, germs from a person sick with tho} disease and it passes on the germ to well persons. it Is due to wearing close-fitting, {ll |ventllated head covering. In other words, wearing a hat about so much that the blood supply Is constricted. Growing hair needs blood supp S80 does tho scalp. Many scalp troubles have been traced to the con- stant wearing of tight biood-constrict: | ing hats, | Many of the devices, such as elec: jtrical appliances and tonics of one sort or another, have the effect chief. |ly of stimulating blood action and |thus aiding hair growth, With care in stimulating this cir. culation in time, many cases of thin hair ean bo prevented, unless the condition is congenital, or due to some physical causo, - FROM STAR Readers st have name and address. who killed that awful out at Pasadena pice should say we should present with « wild Inst week. I him m ON KILLING Editor The Star The article recording the cruel act of Deputy Sheriff Murphy in killing the pet dog of children commends | itself strongly to every dog lover and to every mother whose chil dren have had the fun and ad- vantage of a dog for a playfellow and companion. Such publicity may deter others from the commission of like cruel deeds. To kill a fine dog without any | provocation is bad enough, but to se grief and unhappiness to lit- tle children {s infinitely wor: ANN LOUSE HARYEY. DOG What Folks Are Saying MAJ. FREDERICK L. MARTIN, lost and found as and I believe in aid aviator, in A 1 prayed -| church, to baptism in an Episcopal ven where it is large enough umerse the candidate for baptism, which is allowed, but not required, in that church. | Q. What is the annual immigra tion quota for Belgium? A. 1563. Q. How can I get paint spots off} @ rubber coat? A. Saturate the spots with a solu- ion of equal parts of turpentine and spirits of ammonia. This will) soften the paint, and you should] then ve able to wipe it off, The height of type is measured by points,”’ a polnt being approximate- ;ly one seventy-second of an inch. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS yor can get an answer to any question of fact or informa- tion by writing to The Question Editor, Star's Washington Bu- reau, 1322 N. Y. ave., Washington, D. C., inclosing 2 cents tn stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research, be un- dertaken. Unsigned r ts can- not be answered.—EDITOR. Q. Where dideChariemagne reside? A. His favorite places of resi-! dence were Alx-la-Chapelle and Ingelheim, He had no fixed capital. eee Q. What percentage of the coal resery f the world are in Al-} berta, Canada? A. It is estimated cent are, that 15 per | Q What ts psychology? | A. The sctence that treats in-| ducttvely of the phenomena of hu-| man consciousness and of the na- ture and relations of them, i eee | Q. How did the Golden Gate, Call-| fornia, get its name? | A, It was named by Col, Fremont! because of the brilliant effect the} setting sun had on the cliffs and| hills, oe Q. What {s the difference between @ font and a baptismal pool in a} church? A. The place where persons are) baptieed dy immersion is generally called the baptismal pool. The font, is the name piven to the place of, A Monument to Nature BY HAL COCHRANE ‘ OLD oak tree in a front yards stands; it's a stately sight to see. Just one of nature's great expands that they labeled “old onk tree.” A century old is this growth of “gold” and {t towers, as a leader ‘should. The other trees call the oak tree bold, a respect for age in the wood, When the sun of summer blazes trail, the old oak shows in green, The sturdy trunk leads to branches frail and to twigs that are long and lean. When an acorn, many years ago, sprouted forth up thru the ground, little, then, did folks who saw it know what a troas- ure they had found, As an ancient landmark stands tho tree that has seen the years roll by. Father Time but knows how long ‘twill be till the oak will fade and dle, Just a monument to nature and a tip to you, as such. 'Twas in the open air the old oak graw, ond the man who really gets his share of Mother Nature's touch has a better chance to live his full life thru. (Copyright, 1924, for Seattie Star) revolt tm 1918 jy ma! et the regu lars Sever fag of the pas We They wave the regulares to read ‘em out of the party get ‘em off thelr hands, The png with the To have I sue and yet to have te technically on hig to make froth at the mouth, " Drowressives baw je nd “bored from wills? Z & senator ths i) ollette against him on every, BSGXE TPEEEES® .RREREBRET ees le been golog a Doubtless the ressoq put surgency than the ns have bed iamp that the former have héld ; than oy ¥ It's easier to unite pallet much more of the time latter have. groups for BREAKING in than ft i they ARE in, to keep them: quarreling over the pie, the purpose @: ‘ (A THOUGH A whisper separateth —Prov. 1628. ove KNAVISH speech foolish ear.—Shak the co 7” ment dn given real For Shortening For Mayonnaise women. 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