The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 6, 1925, Page 6

Newspaper Eo. ferprive Agen. and United Press Service Nicoll @ Ruth There Is No “Perfect” 7) VER-STUDY” may indeed be set up as a defense in the case of Bliss Baker and Russell Crawford, the two youths caught in their attempt to kidnap Mrs. Jackling, of San Francisco, and ex tort $50,000 from her husband - These you nen studied the Loeb-Leo- } pold case and criminology in general, and | Were ambitious to perpetrate “the perfect © cfime.” They studied their plan for a ~ _pelong time and laid it “scientifically,” but, like’ most all plan-makers, overlooked “the himan equation;” that they tipped a Messenger boy so heavily that he took a good description of them, which he gave to the police. is, Anyone who aims at “the perfect erime” is mentally unbalanced. There is no such thing. 1 may be escaped, but " there is alwa God and the criminal’s own conscience. And detection in great crimes very often c s thru overlooking | - a trait of human nature, such as arous- 4 ing the interest of a messenger boy by Y tipping him a dollar instead of the usual dime. z : The Logic in Legal Murder 4 pied GRANT was in a Chicago 4 jail under sentence to be hanged by the neck until he was dead He had been convicted of murder the great state of Illinois. Following the Jaw of an eye for an eye and a tooth for la tooth the state, meaning the people of Mbinois, indulges in capital punishment by | | hanging. But another prisoner, in jail charged ith the same murder, stabbed Grant five ‘ His blood was flowing fast from the wounds. Unless the flow was stopped /and more blood was put into his veins by “fransfusion, Grant would die. }\ The jail physician, in whom the life- ey @vaving instinct was still alive, wanted I Grant to let him save his life by blood by i ransfusion. Grant wouldn’t submit. So w there was no blood transfusion, and Grant 3 : 3 Grant’s logic was simple. He knew the o® State was going to murder him by hang- ing, so he couldn’t see any reason to have this life saved by blood transfusion when itiwas only to be saved long enough to be taken from him by hanging. Must what the state’s argument was we @on’t know. It must have been that ] nt's life belonged to the state, and as the state had decreed hanging Grant had right to die any other way. Hence, in apse the way he did Grant cheated the ‘State of its vengeance. But Grant might have replied that his : : was his own until the state took it by ing, and he had a right to die if he Wanted to. He might have reasoned that — +>? > Answers to Y What paper? The carliest attempt to set up North America, or was the first American! || You can get i any quertio The Seattle Star |=: { formation by writing The Seat- Repr San Franctsce Ave; New tat $2.00, t he was under no particular obligation to take care of his life and hely ve it until the state took it in its own legal way It may be that the state had the right to tie Grant down aid forcibly save h life by blood transfusion, so that the law could solemnly pursue its course and hang him by the neck on the appointed day But being a physician, well as an offi rer of the state, the jail doctor may have been reluctant to exercise his skill to forcibly save life for no better purpose than to make it possible for’ the state to take it away by force a little later ital «punishment seems simple enough when it takes its ordinary cours but the logic of it gets a bit complicated when one of its victims refuses to be saved in order to be killed Introducing an Old Gent Mf Cite readers of daily newspapers will, hortly, read much, from the direc- tion of Dayton, Tenn,, about pithecan thropus erectus. So, a few words intro ducing Mr. Pithecanthropus Erectus, He is some leg bones and a skull dis- covered in Java, part of a skeleton upon which the evolutionists largely build their t man’s descent from apehood They've eoanthropus, neanthropus, homo neanderthalensis and some other thropuses, but Mr. Pithecanthropus is es precious the oldest the eory of got pecia f ily It takes a lot of science, wires and plas ter of paris to make either a man or an ape out of a few leg bones and a skull, and it may be that scientists could find exactly the pithecanthropus legs and skull in a Java, or American crowd today, but Mr. Pithecanthropus Erectus has the ag and the scientific endorsement, and you'll find him right prominent in the news. The Stupid Things | HAT ails the British? Aren't they up on art, or are they just | ably intolerant? The London censors | | as of miser- have barred an American play that has been running in New York cit for seven months and that will thoroly tour the country, when the metropolis has got it fill of its artistic effects The story of this play runs liks thi An old farmer marries the t His son eautiful hero 1 love with the t The tiful heroine, rs him a son inating climax comes in the murder of the baby, by its mother, to show that her love would simply not be divided And the stupid British can’t see the art | or high educational uplift in this lovely } idyl of domestic life! An old hayseed trapped, his wife betrayed by his son, and | a baby butchered. What in thunder do | those British want? an answer to | m of fact or in- | tern hemisphere,| | te Star Question Editor, 1393] { | 0 ? Boston by Richard| |New York ave, Washington, | | ee ‘employed B xin| | D. C., and inelosing 2 cents in | ways,” da piety to print it. The title as | loose stamps for reply. No | ' eR Occurrences Both Foreign) i crap ai te arr ag cra i 4 Mr yu 4 Domestic. Only one copy was} 2 wecnal replies, cout. | 5 tafe kas tp uaieidie’ aoa issued (bearing date Thursday, | | ry All letters must be | | "ame Tater was Lady Bterling-Mes- tember 25, 1690), and of thit| » ful to -hade. eas the pretetype ef, tals umber only one copy is known to character the copy preserved in the| similar oath is given to freshmen at PREPS al State Paper Office in Lon-| the University of Washingtor Q. What is meant by the Iberian and consisted of a folded sheet, pages of which were occupied | 7). tie 4 printed matter, two columns to!" sith © @ page, the fourth being left blank [Prom the prospectus we learn that was the publishers’ intention to| the paper monthly. But it so! d that the colonial author-| Q Which of has Europe Mr. The journal was 7x11 inches in} a OS pain and Portugal for the together ancient people an area oj Fixit of aa Star — WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY - SERVICE - SECRET L SENT IFAT Bow 1925, "MONDAY, JULY 5, di ai WILLIAMS) (7 Traffic Deaths Mount; tj Seattle Holds I ts Own} a ‘ Y WELL-UH- WELL “ f “TO BED wrihovuT A-A-ITS THIS WAN (Ce nieite ANY SUPPER FOR MA- TH’ FACT 1S \FZ VC2 red thé we auto fatalities in Beattie was approx y GOING IN SWIMMING WELL-L JUST CAmE \ | ‘AY pee 1928 in 1923 and 63 in 1924 Ni RE * : $ So f } “ fi 1 toll t untry is steadily going up WHAT ARE “(00 DOING } INTC 2AM MAy JUST | v ghee Sof. Sericaicee and : ‘ UP HERE? WHATS | . S iS Yi spite of natio f F HAND ME THOSE CLOIHE 4 : | ‘coessenlians THAT YOUVE Gc ‘ “ “ wa the 4 ante tr automobile accidents has BEHIND « 4 ILL PUT EM IN “TH l the past five years th ate fr au pontomy tee plac bbc \ DRESSER FOR YOU: 4 sen from 14.6 per 190,000 popu me > As 19t4 TY In 19 the rat as 18.8. Last ye the total, while !t mounted id not rise an rapidly as it did the year before ped fro Five thousand and thirty persons ied from motor vehicle accidents on Paterson, > J, was the country’s most dea: city, with a fata rate of 4448. Pittsburg was second highest, w 9.4; Camde third; Ban Francisco, fourth, with a rate of 27.6; and Birmingham. fifth, with 27.4. ¥ Forty-five cities had death rates higher than that of New York, the lion's biggest metrop w Bedford, Mans., ranked safest with jo and Des Moines the United States depart the department was with. Next were Ban Anto 9.8 an ite fatality rate he following statistics were prepared by Where blanks are left ment of commerce. n accurate estimate of population Dry Agents to Be Look ie Over Before Firing Bee o Deaths Deaths Fatality Fatality in 1974 in 1923. Rate, ‘24. Rate, '22. Akron aw 10 1 ist 164 169 5 49 274 25.0 Cincinnati 102 20.6 25.1 Cleveland 203 m1 Columbus A 22.0 22.2 Denver 45 “45 165 Houston 25 194 m1 ianapolis ee: 53 19.9 16.5 Los Angeles ou Memphis 3 46 Minneapolis tee 7) Oakland ° - oo Omaha “0 Pittsburg 146 Portland, Ore. a9 St, Paul " 59 San Francisco wt 107 Spokane xt 15 Toledo Page 63 TRwLLame Washington i... 108 86 ©1925 BY MLA BERNICE the 39 37 drews. Trin pair ol | Lophbers..aOM Readers . Dr lens Doran and administra Jones, Yellowle All letters to The Star must have name and address. Britt : become und more supervisory,” he asked the chair !f there was no | { | | | Stars Washington Nureau, 1823 New York Ave. Winer neat July 6.—For e next two months of state pro! a 1d f t Andrews, ans tar th wry, | he sawing he ux t mot east 4 regulate Inspection of Industria! the Ravenna pork? 1 ib and find the to the p iona are poor in Ann: timbers from the story, and is dangerous { children to pass that way. Can ie ur J.0. M6 building department be asked to remedy this ose Mr. Fi I am a widow and have a ho partly furnished rented out to @ bricklayer co tractor., He has pald mo rent for tiwco months. He saya he is expecting money soon, If 1 tell them to get out 1 will very like- cast an cvril cye upon the ly tose the rent, and if they deeming it contained “reflec- ie ‘ . 3 4 y a Te s tay lohger 1. might lose more of a very high nature” ana\| Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles | font. What should I dof 1 can cith suppressed it. J + - Hy ‘afford te ve stooge If of Public Interest hardly afford fo, vet & lawyer. ‘ | an you tell me about m Is there any other nickname! rights and what course to pur (Chicago than “the windy city"? Mr. Firit: I notice in the | cost of the job, ph sue? A. W i Chicago has two nicknames.| newapapers that a son has been | fees, and turn ft c ‘Tell this man you must have “windy city” is an allusion to) born to Charlie Chaplin. Where good collection your rent. If he ix working high winds that prevail there,| was the mother, and where docs | . you can garnishee his wages. 3 as to the general breesiness| the credit come in? Ww. | Mr, Fixit: Would it not de You would have to employ a Bhe business and social atmos-| The advertising value is powstble to have a good reat lawyer, but his charges would that characterises it, Its| greater to suy it’ was Charlle's. | room for men and women at be added to the cost. nickname is “Porkopolis,”’ if the youngster turns out well | —- ~ - 3 2 pope ing “city of pork,” and refers| he will: ‘give - his “mother the one JTION: enormous trade in hogs that| credit, and. it he. goes bad, jt EVOLUTION id on in Chicago and the} will naturally be Chariie’s boy. we packing and meat estab-| sae ents that are one of the dis- a ‘ : Mr, Fixit: Mra. E. ©. 8, has pat 0) e cl Bespalshing ap te Te gd asked you how to get rid of ; moles. We hav What is meant by the Athen-| por Ephebic oath? | An oath of civic allegiance, by the youth of Athena after ‘completion of his secondary edu-| and before entering upon his| F years of military training. we have found in their runs th way to destroy with them in “1 A | o- ¢ been troubled | ulip Town” and putting carbide le moat effective them. By L. M., Bellingham . THE DAWN OF LIFE By Percy W. Cobb, B. S., M. No, 1 | | | {A Thought J o Twhy dost thou judge by thy her? Or why dost thou set | ort thy brother?—Romans M0, 4 one OOK thou with pity on a brother’s fall—J, Edmeston. Mr, Fivit: An expresaman who moved a piano for me broke ‘the ‘brick and conerete to my walk. He promised to re-~ pair it, but has not Can I have his license revoked? MRE. J. W. D. If you could show the license committee of the ety done 50. council funny T ENVY the tuck of m very close friend. 11 } For happiness, palship and such he depe A youngster of twelve and a youn in trim. There's nothing, meaning to him. le comes homg at night to the shout of hia boys anc “play with us” call, He rather expects them to make k never prove him at all fhen Satu:iiy comes there are their dad on the run. There may be fy Pyoungsters it twice as much fun one wonder I envy this close friend of mine w Fall that he does I've a yery close line, for 6 on a cour r of eight keep fi I know of, to ever abate thel this bo (Copyright, 1925, for The Sin) that he was not worthy to have a iicense, you could. Better still, make out bill for the ind a campfire to make, ho {a lucky luek often runs. le of regular sons, | ‘ather’s right spirit | r worth and their 1 he answers thotr | tw of nolo, and it | ind the kids keep | With | the amoeba of organiam known ple in size, ag lucky can be. ovom acquaintance | {round its food entire an organism as its ancestor ® c) an i Millions of years ago, scientists figure, life began with the simplest form The amoeba, moved about in the water by pushing for’ ite one cell and dragging the rest of itnelt after It multiplied by dividing itself into two, each new half as almplo in structure, micro. It ate by p (Continued Tomorrow) On Baptist Conclave | , Stekh way to deal with the situation, RFP ITE V crea eran a een eer Editor The Star | and he said no, One man asked alcohol ar re parnalt ae In the Nortnern Baptist con what would be the result if they and ano ot equal: F J I T his Your vention, in seasion in the city rejected the report, and he re- ; s ‘ Inst week, a situation arose plied that there would be no ire and 1 ° 9 has been bewildering to conventior rn ~ « a and a ¢ ‘ Bir thday? hundreds, and thousands of Bap. waid they could take an provided ou ts in this and other states. It Monday, July 6. j\ t from the decision of the I pérsonany ir; but at once began to pile {ministratora, t it you are lucky ' tin w Yours will be a pleasant life committee on enralime up difficulties and make the jain hore) Aud nvad oth Sh dententan in thelr report to road a hard looking one, so that strain Mew ads sien Dariicclariy’ in“ thaturity on, and altho they he was sustained. A 1 You will seek cult ed of them, mentioned th The last man to ask a qu ‘ Pa si ‘ vont certil =f hat there had bee t tion said, “Mr. Chairmi ; y hee t Beet 4 with the com. | I understand you to ss i 0 i k | ttee protesting the seating of there is no way for us to e f m earn caut delegates f © Park Ave with this question and h and repose nue Ba church of New those delegates?’ The qualif Ar I ©, you will be luck k was, “There is no way.’ E vd faw: thekithraaks Tt became, apperent hese Was that a square deal? mb f the p ahead that the overwhelming majc P. A. KLE! init bt cert Bear little disappointments | of the convention wanted them Pastor, Dunlap Baptist Church. it . bravely unseated. A resolution to that me nay t anyc going to For they will soon pass | effect was presented and it was One of the going political one him jot Andrewa declared. if a man, be an orator, or ruled out of order by the chair | comedies is Dawes trying to re- No change in personnel ts public speake | Ho ruled against every op | form the United States senate, ated In the office of If a woman, be an actress. proach to that subject | Ddacked by Simeon Fess and Roy | Man after man arose and Frank Willis, of Ohio. = = Reena eee ae THE last word in transconti- nental trains: “The Olympian” Leaves Seattle Union Station Fourth and Jackson, 4 daily 9:30 a. m. Let our travel experts give you full particulars, City Ticket Office Second Ave. and Madison St. Phone: ELiot 6800 Railway TO PUGET. SOUND - ELECTRIFIED — a »