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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-29

armed, reached the ears OF
Judge Wilson last night.
I'VE certainly can't permit
that" he added today. IF
Mr.. Vanderveer is armed, he
will also be called on to sur
render his weapon.
Declaring that reports that an
American Legion jury would cit at
The trial 10 pass Judgment on the
men accused of staying their com.
rades during the celebration Of Arm.
istice day. were entirely false. Lieut..
Col J. X. Van Glider. chairman OF
the Legion intelligence corps for
Lewis county. issued statement to-
day 10 the effect that the American
Legion viii be entirely satisfied to
have the case passed on by the reg
ularly iinpaneled jury only.
we have no intention 20 bring an
American Legion jury to sit at the
trial" Van Glider said. That Is only
one OF the many rumors going the
rounds which are entirely without
foundation"
new line Of questioning was de.
vclopcd at ioday'a hearing when At
torney VRndcrveer touched upon the
differences between the organization
Of labor according 10 crafts and ac.
cording TO industries.
Nandervcer's attitude strongly
supports the position he has con
stan,ly taken that the trial will be
labor trial rather than "a mere
murder case"
DO you believe in the right OF
working people TO maintain halls In
which to discuss their business"
Vandervcer asked c. c. Strayer.
Aberdeen paint and grain dealer.
- n, not .s-frnv.r ,-.,flnd
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10 the electric chair at II o'clock
tonight 90 pay the penalty for
the murssrr Of two employees of
y brooklyn savings bank, which
he held up.
Handy to-day showed no sign o'
weakening In tho attitude OF bravadc
that had made him ono ot the most
unusual prisoners ever to occupy q
death cell In the famous Sing sing
prison. He has perssatcn,ly refused
to sanction any formal effort 10 save
his life. lie has refused 20 tell any
Of his history or his family connec
tions.
Handy was convicted Of siaying
DE Witt Peal and Henry Coons In
East Brooklyn on pccernIer IL. i9is
lie was first connected with that
crimc after he had SURRENDERED near
Tacoma, WAIST. after he had killed
Robert Davis. shipyard worker
with whom no lived.
For the Davis killing he was son
fenced 10 life imprisonment. He ther
confessed 10 the brooklyn mursssrs
saying he preferred quick death 90 d
living death In prison.
He WINS brought 70 Brooklyn. tried
convicted and sentenced 10 death.
Handy insists that his true nam'
has not been told. and that !, win no
be.
lie has said variously that hi
name is Handy. Jay Alien ans
Browning. He has told stories o.
robbery. holdups and burgiarie- tha
he asserted netfed him hundreds o.
thousa nds OF dollars
Waiting death at Sing Sing
Handy has often consulted an Quiz
board. He claimed he had forgottr'
hi- name and was asking for In
formation. lie said spirits had tois
him he hadn't used his own name fol
so long that they also had forgotten
II.
smilingiy. he told attendants todal
he probably would utilize his Ouiii
board and phonograph for some Las
entertainment today. He also de
ciared he wanted real dinner 20
night.
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PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. as.--
Frank $, Myers, postmaster at Port
lrnd. and Harry q. Durand. assist.
ant. have been asked to resign by
the postoffice department at WASH
ington. The demand for the resig.
nations is the result OF antagonism
between Myers and Durand and an
exhaustive investigation OF the local.
office by postofficc inspectors. fo1*
lowing charges OF political activ11
preferred by Myers against II ~
sistant u year ago.
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EVERETT, Jan. 2e.--tSpecial1
Saving the bars OF his cell last night.
c. l.. McCilano. alleged army desert.
er. escaped from the city jail here.
Believing he may go to the home q
sweetheart at Three Lakes. polico
notified authorities there to b on
the lookout.
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lation Of traffic 10 safeguard
t,e.fs.~fFtaps

iafion OF trsffir 10 safeguard
pedestrians.
brakes plan ". briefly
First-i'laee responsibility for reg.
ulatiug traffic upon one individual
IN the police department and permit
no other person 10 interfere.
Second Bring in several police.
men on beats In the outskirts and
place more men on conEested cor.
ncra aa traffic officers.
Third Enforce existing traffic or.
dinanc~s up to the hiit.
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WnAf Nudililfdilbuh buobih a. idi
dldate for mayor have2
ANSWERS
r. G. BAKER. rs Pike st.--Aa-a-h
O-o-o-o-h. / haven't looked into II.
&c. ELLIS, al Dewey Place He
should be "a good. honest man That's
hard 20 get. Fair TO everyone.
don't think Fitzgerald or Duncan
are either Of them heavy enough for
the job.
MRS. HENRY T.. GRAY, 423 Terry
aye.--My! Ask me something easy,
THOMAS !. HANRsHAN. 220s ~
55th st.---Iiuh2 What's thatY Dun
can.
MRS. ZAC HANSCOM. 1903 Denny
Way--Oh. don't ask me. was
suited with Ole Hanson
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MINISTER'S ARE STARVING,

says Rev. William s. Beard of New
York. directing local campaign for
$1,000. 900 Pilgrim memorial fund to
pension pastors.
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epidemic Of last year Is expected.
Seventeen cases were reported
Wednesday afternoon, and 80 moro
reports were turned in before noon
Thursday. All cases are said to be oe
a mild character.
"There is no need of getting ex.
cited over the present small epi-
demic," declared DR.. III. NJ. Read.
city healtr commissioner. Thursday.
THE flr this year is not OF a dam
gerous caliber. Every precaution
should be observed. however. to
prevent any spread of the disease"
The health commissioner reitcrat-
cd that care should be exercised
in coughing or sneczing. and that
crowded gatherings should he
avoided. The "flu" is often con-
tracted thru shaking hands or
using dishes that have been cx..
posed 20 the disease.
'If You have chill. so homo
and call a doctor" DIR. Read adj
visod Stay homo until you arc
sure that you have not caught in
fluenza- All cases OF the flu will
be isolated"
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As IT SEEMS
TO NE
DANA SLEETH

NYH MUST have been a sun
worshlpcr somewhere In
the past.
kBRI l think I must have
been a priest drapcd In
one OF those bright bronze shawls.
bending every day az sunrise be
fore the Lord OF the Morn: and
henssng every day at sunset while
The Prince OF the Day whirled his
chariot down the crimson west In
70 the blue and gold of the vespcr
keas.
think SO. and II have any
thing to do with q next time. I'm
roing to be a sun worshlper. and II
that can't be managed. I'm going
10 be a prospector on tho Molaye
dessert. where the sun shines ss5
days in The year. and the wind
blows at forty miles an hour for
the same exact period.
That's tho way set 10 feeling
after six or seven months OF the
mists that are peculiar 20 the Pa
but mists. one OF those "you-can.oe-
cat init ail-day and newer gctwet
mists thta are peculiar 20 the Pa
clfic slope.
The only place on the map where
rain IL dry. and II is considered
high treason to use either an am
hrclla or gum boots. no matter
how misty Is the mist. I've seen
three dry inches OF mist gently dc
rrend In the Lower Columbia river
~rcgion In "a hours; two and eight
tenshs OF which arid inches ] per
sonaliy absorbed while drifting
about In a canoe. but have never
wrung the frankly damp hand Of a
surc-enough wet rain In this Coast
country yet--and doubtless new
sr viii.
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E; s;si;:''s": ;' ss z";s. .128
This Year 40V

NJ. stanton. Union hotel. AZ.
tempted ~ cross Second ave. IN
the middle Of the block and was
knocked down By an automobile
driven by J. T.. Johnson. Tss ~.
ssth II. early Thursday morning.
johnson wanted 20 take his vic
tim 20 a hospital. but stanton re-.
fused. saying he received only a
scratched wrist. The accident oc.
CURED near Madison st
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so THEY WENT
TO SEE THE MORGUE

The bride crimsoned charmingly.
"Oh. Eddie" caroled she. Take
me down 10 see the morgue."
Now Eddie lived IN the Duwamish
Valley and is only 20 himself. but,
at that. had not contemplated such
a bridal tour as this. Yet. after all,
what is a honeymoon for IL not TO
see the sights? They went.
They viewed the coroner's parlor
OF unique surprises TO its innermost
detail. They peeped into shrouded
closets. explored uncanny recesses.
they went the limit.
But the bride, with the usual re.
luctancc OF her sex, concealed her
greatest wish until the last.
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IS 7 reefs SAFE
IF OR is d A Y S!

Takeo Ymada South Park Japanese fined sl00 and
sentenced to Is days the city Jail Thursday in
police court by Judge John b. Gordon for driving auto
mobile while drunk.
lmada arrested by Patrolman James Hamilton
Wednesday while careenng madly south Marginal
The officer testified that the Jap would first drive the
left side of the road and then to the other side
He finally crashed into telephone pole
Judge Gordon upon the completion of the testimony did
not ask question but Immediately passed sentence He
laid stress on the ''15 days in jail"
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net = day Ike yesterday.
A warm, quiet. friendly day.
when neither mists nor fog nor
cloud interferes with the program:
u day that starts the pussy willows
10 puxsying. and the trout fisher
men 10 vanishing rods. and the
maiden school teacher 10 reading
cook books. and the urchin to play
ing marbles. and tired. frowsy.
routine burdened humans in offices
20 opening windows and gazing
long and hard at nothing at all
city folks are to be pitied II they
work at IL the year thru.
when the breath OF life was
breathed into US. IL was the breath
Of the woods. the scent Of the wild
flowers. tho balm Of the efernnl
hills. and the fertile richness OF
good. black earth. steaming In the
sun.
Breath Of life was not cigaret
smoke. factory smoke. ashes. dust.
the gurgie OF steam pipes. and the
noixorne gases from ten thousand
motors, roaring up these black.
bleak canyons we call streets;
Aat's not breath OF llfe--it IL
bkath Of death.
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CAPT. MASON
CONDUCTS TOUR

Eddie" she teascd when the hith.
ermost corner OF the morguo had
been inspected, Eddie, please let's
take in the city Jail"
This new suggestion swept him
nearly Off his feet. Delighted beyond
measure. he seized her by the arm.
and, joy.bent. they departed.
For half an hour. guided thru din
gy corridors by Police Capt. J. +.
Mason. they went handin-hand
viewing with keen pleasure amazed
and wondering inmates.
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after a few weeks or
months. or whatever II
was we had recently OF
these waterproofed
- mists. once In n while We
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-29

And IN their rnanrnade world.
with natures forces conquered.
with nothing but other men to bat
tie with. these urban brothers of
the greater apes swing by their
silly tails from the rotten routine
limbs In the heart Of the jungle.
and imagine that they are getting
somewhere besides TO and fro.
But the farmer, and the mari
ner, and the fisherman, and the
trapper. and all the blessed tribe
who wrestie with nature like Jacob
OF old--these men discover how
puny IL their hest effort. and how
pifiiess are the great forces they
pIt their tiny Drawn against
But stilI they fight on; seasons
may despoil them: blizzards may
buffet them; ndal waves almost
overwheim them; but they fight
on. serene IN the confidence that
within they have a force that is
greater than all these powers with
; out.
And 30. whether they win or lose
in the finite sense. still they find
stern happiness in fighting the
good fight with all their might.
and that's something no city per.
son can feel
Turn 10 Page 2. Column "
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; CITIES men put their
gods IN churches; they
build affairs to them.
then 20 away aud leave
their gods.
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HAVE had enough Of
the rural fellciues' 80
that I have few illusions
regarding them. and I
know Of no more uncom-
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I0FIADif rD0h " Ilaht ~ hFf'r ht'a
any spot afforded by most any
farm.
But. stern and grinding and
sweating tho the rural life be. II
has one eternal advantage over
town and city; the farmer stays In
his natural environment; he sleeps
soundly. he breathes deeply. he
never cuts the umbilicai cord that
ties him to the heart OF Mother
Nature. and, gnarled. and bent.
and crabbed-aye. and blgoted too
tho he may be at life's close.
still always the farmer can at
evening rest brown arms across
the top bar Of the pasture gate
and gaze unblinking at the setting
sun. and subconsciously renew his
strength from the source OF all
mundane forces, the earth.
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QUENTIN
OUIDNUNC
DAILY HE ASKS A CUES
TION or FIVE PERSONS
PICKED AT RANDOM
THE QUESTION
ANSWERS

What qualifications should a can
dldate for mayor have2
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MILD FORM Of
FLU HITS CITY
56 Cases Recorded; Don't
Be Scared" Says Read

Fffty.six cases Of = mild form
of Spanish influenza have been
reported TO the Seattle health DE-
partment In the last - hours.
No recurrence Of the virulent
endemic Of last year Is expected.
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WILL EXECUTE
HANDY TONIGHT
To Electrocute Slayer of Ia
coma Pal and Others

OSsi>c. ~. v. Jan. 60
Gordon Fawcrtt Handy viii Eo
TO the electric chair at II o'clock
tonight 90 pay the penalty for
the murssrr Of two employees Of
y brooklyn savings bank. which
he held up.
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4;si;;'.s.; S;; e y .zs.s;;e.l27

James Walsh. ii2o Bowen ave.
aklided HIS car on Iatona bridge
Wednesday Afternoon and
knocked down an unidentified
pedestrian. Walsh took tho man
10 she city hospital where bis
Aslghi injuries were dressed. The
man left the hospital before HIS
name could DO obtained.
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JUDGE BARS WEAPONS FROM COURT
'LHIlE'LL HELP MAKE CITY
Pedestrions 1nE
Hit by Autos U
This Year 46V

Ira coleaon. 7osh y. Tiih st.
was hit and his knee wrcnchcd
by an auto driven by =. s Dun.
bar. sos wentlakc. az Stewart ~
and weatiakc. Wednesday after.
noon. Dunbar honked his horn.
frlEhtenlnR coieson. who step.
ped back into the path OF the car.
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
BY FRED TURBYyILLE.

lot Of the old gent. have suddenl,
heard that the climate Of Florida i.
just the thing for their ailment. They're
trekking southwark in large number 5
But on closer investigation we find
that another national horse shoe pitch
ing tournament is scheduled for st.
Pete sburg, Fla. the week OF Feb uary
%. So maybe that is responsible for
some Of the heavy traffic ON the Palm
Beach Limlieds
It's a peculiar game-they find il
necessary to spend two OF thre months
on the ground getting ready for the
tourney.
It's barnyard golf, as one iazzy old
gentleman termed it.
But unlike the other game Of golf
,and lots Of other sport they don't
swear and tear OF their necktics and
20 home and abuse their families.
We always keep our tempers and
never get poevcd" said Dr. +. NJ. Rob
inson. of Poughkeepsic. \. Y You
can watch our fellows week in and
week out and youll never see one go
up the sir when luck is against
him"
Dr. Robinson has been there since
December I and SAYS he is dt TO meet
all comers
The national champion Fred Brust
Of Columbus ohio, is on The eroldd
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
Bi BOBBY MCLEAN.
lhnnnlon-

At the basis Of fancy an ngur
skating, there are four primary strokes
each made Oh one Of the edges Of thl
skate blade. These are the inside for
ward. outside forward, inside back
ward and outside backward. The com.
DinltOns which can be made with thes
strokes, arc practically numberless Tn,
control Of these curves gives power anl
proficiency, and from them are deverbp-
cd the circles, figures eight, ,hree and
double threos. loops and changes OF
edge which comprise the sciences OF
fancy skating.
First Of all. then. 10 is necessary TO
master, by constant practice. The ar,
OF describing plain circles of large size.
made both with The forward and back
ward curves Perfect mastery Of these
fundamental movements, until they arc
done With perfect ease and grace and
freedom of skating. VIII make the learn
ing OF the more dlficult fancy figures
much easier. for there will then be
simply the conquest Of the turns to be
taken care Of
The mastery Of the four plain edges
is. therefore, The first step for the be
glnner in artistic skating. The object
10 be attained from the first, Is power.
with ease and complete control. Abso-
lutte mastery Of the curves must be OBJ
Iained with each foot. a thing not so
easy as GO may sound Any weakness
u either foot must be overcome.
Continual practice in skating circles,
hc plalnesl Of Che figures Of fancy skai-
ng. lays the real foundation for the
lrl. I'm skating The circle from the ou,-
,ide forward. curve the leg with which
he thrust was made should Doe carried
/ lltlc farther hack than Is necessary
or The plain curve. 10 llle middle c'
NE curve. ihe leg which j. of HE i'a
md being used for balancing. is -Nlns
,gorously forward Wilh lltile added
,oNer 10 increase mo:r a,Ua llcul-
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
\. VI. M 4. BASkETH,II

The Norristown Travellers. a basket
ball team composed OF eX-high school
stars and 2iready known IN these
paris, will come 10 Wilmington TO PLAY
the local Y NJ. II. A. FIRST team on Mon
day evening.
\ game between the y. NJ. II. y. see
0nd team and Beacon for the same
evening has been arranged. All y. NJ.
II. a. players OF first and second teams.
arc 20 report sunday. at $50 p. M, for
final Instructions. Arrangements VIII
also be made FOR both teams 10 go 10
Chester on Thursday evening 10 play
the Young Mons Chapter Of st. pauls
Guild.
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
Jack Dempsey is Champion Of 4m0iicd
Bm IL Loohs as If He Would Hare 10
Leare The L. S. 10 Find Place 10 Box

Of him and he generally fails TO deliver
that which IS expected.
But 10 Dcmpsoy's ease the fans Nigh {
have dulled their memory sufficiently
TO permit of the champion going ahead
with his profession. But his manager
Jack kearns. has tried the proilieerlng
game 10 his own disaster. The demands
made for impossible purses has aroused
the disgust of the sporting public
There Is no light worth q half-million-
dollar purse and neither is Dempsey
worth three or four times as much as
Carpenter.
All OF these conditions-the Oppo-
sition Of the American Legion, the dis
gust Of the fans, the attitude of the
champion and his manager er-haye just
about killed any chance Dempsey had
TO meet Carpenter in this country soon.
The governor OF California has come
out Gat-footed in opposition to a
match across the Mexican border. Tho
governor OF New Jersey says Dempsey
isn't good enough TO box in that state.
Dempsey may 90 10 England or
France, but il he does there will be
few fans trailing along ON the other
hand there will be lot Of them pull
ing for the war hero, Carpenter, TO
win.
In the meantime there is a growing
demand In this country for bout be-
tween Fighting Bob Martin, \. b. +
and intcr-allled champion, and Carpen-
tier.
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
BEACON COLLEGE
CLUB In ATHLETICS

The Beacon College Club, an organ
lzation Of Beacomltes, about which the
citizens Of Wilmington and the entire
slate have heard and read with much
interest, is to get behind athletics.
John S. Furniss. known 90 n host of
friends IN Wilmington and throughout
Tho State as Jack has consented TO
act as director 10 viii b. recalled bl
his friends and many Of hls adversaries
Who met defeat at ihe 'pnis OF lhr
Wilmington Conference ACADEMY base
bah teams IN H. 10 add IG that Jark
is an able player and athletic cnihusi-
0sl.
IN speaking Of h's proposed plans for
athletics. Jack said the club viii put 1
Dackctbdl team in the running for The
remainder of the season, preparatory tO
going into baseball IN the spring and
II the team develops good material and
gets tlo following of the members, he
viii arrange for tennis and perhaps
other athletic sports.
Arrangements are being effected for
q suitable gymnasium. where the large
number Of candidates for The team can
practice and Director Furniss expects
Go pick a quintet with al quaie sub
@tiluies that Wil put many Would-br
advcrsaries lo defeat. Cpno, are SEIZED
uled FOR the remainder of The season
Much Interest is being manifested by
Tue girl members Of whom there l. %
large number and II their desire TO-
athletics continues. gymnasium classe,
may be formed TO give lhem chance
10 show their skill.
Evening journal., 1920-01-17
By FRED TunBE,vILLE.

The American Legion posts through
out the country are against Jack Demp-
-cy at every turn. They are trying 20
block any aght IN which he parlici-
Dates.
The rest OF the boxing fans Of Amer
lea appear well riled mp over the cX-
brilliant demands and chesiy attitude Of
the champion 90 such an extent that
they would az soon as see someone
else fghting
And il begins % look as II Jack
Dempsey win be glad 60 accept an offer
from London or Paris promoters II he
wants-to meet Georges Carpenter.
Dempsey sovsd ihe seeds Of folly
when he failed TO get into his counlry's
service during the war. Now he Is
reaping that which he might have an
iicipated.
lie is another unpopular champion
and II might have been different. for
personally Jack is a likcable and there
Is no doubt but That he H. wonderful
tighter. lie is victim OF his associa-
tions, perhaps. FOR had he followed his
own choosing he probably would have
some into service and thus saved him
self the present embarrassment.
But the war f. over, and II is now
too late 10 rectify the mistakes he
made then.
At best the path OF The champion Is
. hard one The public expects much
Evening journal., 1920-01-17

and training diligently for the comm.
event.
Officials Of the tou ney expect tha'
by the Il st of Februa y more than iOi
of The best linge OF the horse hard
ware will be on hand
Many State champ Ons are anon
those who have entered their names
the nat onal event.
w. w Henry, Of Lisbon. O.; C. J.
MQtkins. champion Of AShe,ilc. y.
George Vignold, OF Detroit, who nnshc
ninth last year, and Who says that d
will improve his standing this yea
and B. C.. Snedecker, of Fair Haven, y.
Y, are also on the ground tuning -
their eyes and arms.
Snedecker who is Il, has been pitch
ing horse shoes for . years, and claim.
that he Is The seuHgest old man in n.
country
Why" he says. "I've got the same
whopping appetite that l had when
was q. kid"
Practically all Tie other cntranl.
claim that horse shoe pitching is tbe
one sport best calculated TO give
health and sound nerves.
Df. Robinson says that heaying fhe
curved bits Of steel has changed hin
FROM a nervous wreck into a man who
does not know the meaning Of the wor-
nerves.
zeke Barnes 81, is the oldest en-
lrant.