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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
TO face
JURY FOR
Staying
OFFICER
Change Of Venue for A.
legged Boy Bandits Is
Denied by Court

Three youths, alleged slaycrs a
Patrolman Voiney l.. Stevens. Janup
airy IL. went on trial charged with
murder In the first degree in Judge
Walter NJ French's court room Mon
day morning.
Before the long process Of impan-
cling the jury began at IL a. m the
prisoners. c. A. Brown. Louis Mad
sen and Ward Daniels sat with boy
ishly expectant faces thru two hours
Of arguments on their requests TO
be tried In another county. The re-
quest was denied. -
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
FILL THE BENCHES
In the court room were young
women from the University Of Wash
ington. students Of criminoIogy. who
filled practically all the benches.
Other spectators jammed the aisleo
and occupied all available space At
the hearing.
John r. Dore, attorney for c. A
Brown. presented TO the court the
motion for a change Of venue. He
quoted practically every newspaper
article that has been printed sincs
Stevens was killed. and declared. ON
the affidavitsl OF the accused. that
King county had been 30 poisoned
against the defendants It would be
impossible TO receive fair trial.
He pointed out that benefit enter
tainmcnts had been held for the
siain policeman's widow and that IN
one instance 5000 persons had paid
81 admission fee
UNDUE PREJUDICE
CREATED, HE SAYS
II am myself one OF the largest In
dividual contributors to the benefit
fund. and / believe the raising Of
the funds was the right thing to do.
but II does not alter the fact that
undue prejudice has been created in
this community against these boyA"
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Car
mody. who. with Chief Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney f. /. Jones'. ts
representing the state. explained
briefly 10 the court that experiences
had shown no difficulty was ever
raised at a murder trial in this vicin-
ity by Newspaper articles
After Judge French had denied the
motion the impaneling OF the jury
was begun. Dore in his argument
for change OF venue. had predicted
that this process would take at least
two weeks
The three defendants were almost
completely surrounded by counsel
including Roy +. Cadwallader. an
pointed by the court to represent
Madsen. and Lee Johnston, represents
ing Daniels
CHARGE AGAINST THEM
Is TECHNICAL ONE
The first degree murder charge
against them is a technical one.
based on the statue which allows Z
set Of circumstances to create the
crime
They are accused Of having been
engaged in the crime of grand
larceny of an automobile with
Creighton Dodge. when Dodge shot
and killed Stevens. Dodge lis now
dead from a bullet wound inflicted
by Stevens In the exchange OF shots.
An effort TO free the youths on q
demurrer. claiming that the legislar
ture had abolished the crime of lar
ceny In connection with the theft Of
an automobile. and consequently the
boys did not come within the statute
making killing murder. when lar.
cency is. at the same time, being
committed. failed a week ago. when
made before Judge J. T. Ronald.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
Indiana Town Is
Population Center

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.--Spencer A.,
Ind. is the town nearest the center
OF population Of the United States.
the census bureau announced today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14

RAYMOND.--El Smith. acquit
ted Centralia armistice murders.
barred from speaking here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
30i CENTRAL BUILDING
THAT'S THE ADDRESS

Then. if possible. knock off work
a few minutes early and take that
money--with more added u possible
Ito the headquarters OF the Social
Welfare league. 3of Central building.
The league. as you know. is trying
20 raise 500. 900 with which 90 carry
on relief work IN Seattle for n year.
We OF The Star have had occasion
10 work with the league on many
needy cases. and we know that
they're all right There is no red
tape in the league office.
They have been trying for two
weeks now 20 raise the 500. 600. and
today they have only s24,oool This liz
pitifully small as compared with what
they need.
But II you'li all 20 hungry tomor.
row afternoon and then give the
league a chance TO cash In on your
hunger. this sum ought TO be aug.
mented by thousands Of dollars.
How about twill your A lot OF
scattle's prominent men have prom.
iscd that they'll 80 lunchless. VIII
you join them9
DOLLAR RECEIVED
FROM ENTIAT. WASH
III. u. Carney. who is now conduct.
ing the drive. today received n dollar
bin from a man Mt Entiat. Wash. The
sender said he had never lived In
Seattle and knew no one here. but
he said he did live in the United
States and that American folks here
need help. His dollar, he hoped.
would help.
Here's a pocticai plea for the down.
and-outer which 1T. B. c." sent to
me today:
There's word In our language that's not
hard to read.
wo see It in print every day.
stIll we don't stop 20 think OF other. IN
need,
And we soon pu, the paper away.
IT'S not from the fact that we're tight
with our wad.
It's just cause we don't understand.
The deep hidden meaning goes over our
head.
so we don't lend a helping hand.
There's sickness and sorrow. hunger and
'Mongst the men who but yesterday
Worked at our side. Tho they're hungry,
their pride
won't let them ask favors today.
Perhaps thru good fortune we've never
known want
And have never been short Of kaie.
10 we don't SEQ tho meaning behind this
one word
which fills up the cells In tho jail.
There's no book explains Il; experience
A teacher that's hard to avoid;
Shows the hell md tho misery deem hid
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
BIG WHISKY
CARGO TAKEN
So Cases Landed by Rum
Runners Here

With the seizure Monday Of SIS
cases Of White Horse whisky and
Gordon gin on a pier at the foot OF
Thomas ST. dry squad officers said
they frustrated one OF the premier
booze movements attempted by rum
runners here In recent months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
The Neorness O
Spring

again reminds us OF the long
rides we wish to or will take
into the country.
The reduced prices on Used
Autos give many OF us an
opportunity to own a car
now and many good buys"
can be found on Classified
Page each day.
II the particular car you
want isn't advertised today
Insert a Want Nd describing
the one you do want
Many people buy a new
car each spring and so there
are many Used Cars as good
as new for sale.
Phone Main 600
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
DEMAND STARTS
TEMPEST

The trouble came with the demand
Of Yamarata that the engagement ~
broken off. There was an immediate
tempest thruout the imperial house
hold.
Cupid seemed to have the upper
hand. for the first development was
the resignation Of the minister Of the
imperial household II was then eyi.
dent that crisis was at hand
This was followed by an announce
ment that the cider statesman hav-
ing refused to interfere in the love af
fairs of the crown prince. the spirit
OF the dead Emperor Meij. father OF
tho present emperor. would be ap-
poaied to.
On February II. accordingly. nu-
merous public men Of Japan made a
pilgrimage 10 the shrine OF Meiji and
offered prayers. The nation in gen
erai was asked TO join the supplica-
tons for guidance, II being announc-
ed that SERIOUS affair confronts
the nation and the imperial house
hold"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
ACCUSE Lad
OF Staying
Playmate!
Scientist Protests and Boy
Declares His Innocence
OF Charge

ORA. Ind. Feb. is.--An ii.ycar-
old boy goea from Ora TO trial for
first degree murder next month.
II convicted. he faces death by
hanging.
The case is without a parallel In
American history.
The question agitatinr the state is:
''Can Cecil Burkett be given fair
trial7''
For the law gives a prisoner the
righ, Of trial by jury OF his peers.
CAN'T TRY HIM WITH
BOYS or HIS OWN AGE
Strictly interpreted. that would
mean trial by boys OF his own age.
But the Law requires that jurors be
adults.
DIR. Harold ~. Moy~r. former com.
missioner Of health for Chicago and
a leading aiienist Of the Middle West.
has examined Cecil for The star. the
Tacoma Times. spokapo Prcss and
Portland News
Or. Meyer is 81. a kindly, shrcwd
old man with IN. erpcrienc. OF many
years spent In jails and prisons.
courts and madhouses. studying the
deficient. the lnnane-aIl the twists
and turns Of human brains. young
and old
Hc spent four hours examining
Cecil. weighing not legal evidences.
but tho brain Of the boy. tho soul
of tho boy--aIl his life from the
cradle and the lives OF his parents
and grandparents.
He put him thru the Stanford re-
vision of the Binei.Simon test. by
which his mental development could
be asccrtained- Hn found him TO be
normal. withou, inborn traits of
meanness. cruelty or criminaiity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
CAN yOUNGsTER RE
ACCORDED FAIR TRIAIs


piot7
Could he plot revenge against n
playmate. entice him within range
Of his rife. and then shoot and kin
him In cold bloodr
Could he then invent q complicated
lie and stick TO II against the most
skilled cross-cxamination7
These are the questions that a
Jury of his peers" must answer In
the casc OF Cecil Burkett.
This jury must decide whether he
must die on the Eallows or spend the
rest OF his life In prison.
Whatever the verdict. win II be
fair7
The law says Yes scicnce---as
represented by DIR. Moyer-says
No.
by all their lives and training"
gays DR.. Meyer, ''i2 adult jurors will
be unabl. to understand this boys
mental processes. his motives and
his acts.
SCIENCE CAN'T
DISCOVER THE KEY
Science itself can't discover the
key 10 these things"
The Burkett murder case has the
additional element OF mystery.
Cecil In at HIS home here under
$40 900 bail for the first degree mur-
der OF Bennie slavin. the 7.ycar-old
son OF a neighbor OF tho Burkett
family. Allowing bail was n special
dispcnsaion.
It's a real child murder mystery.
because the dead boy. the accused
lad and the principal witnesses all
are children.
Tho killing OF Benny Slavin oc.
CURED last Thanksgiving. II had
been generally accepted In the VII.
lage OF Ora as an accidental shooting
until the grand jury the other day
indicted Cecil.
ing, as they will be told to the jury.
PROSECUTORS STORY
or TRAGEDY
Prosecuting Attorney James A.
Dilts. who directed proceedings that
led to the indictment. says:
I'VE believe that there was bad
feeling between the two lads.
Cecil. his brother Alfred. who is
0. and Frederick Scherman. who is Z.
were playing in the Burkett back.
yard.
"Bennie Slavin and his sister.
Clara. were in the adjoining yard.
Cecil called Bcnnie to come into
his yard Bennie at first objected.
Then Cecil held out n kite and
tempted Bennie till finally he crossed
the line.
at that Cecil reopcned the old
sauabble and in cold blood shot the
younger boy. the bullet entering his
right side at the back.
"Hc committed this crime with a
20 -caliber rifle which belonged TO the
Burkett family.
II have also bccn told that he
pointed the weapon at Bcnnie's sister.
"The wounded boy died within 80
hours. ''
"Frcdcrick Schcrman saw Bennic
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14
ROMANCE CRISIS
|DISTURBS ROYAL
HOUSE OF JAPAN

TOKYO. Feb it.-cupid has been
responsible for domestic crisis In
the affairs Of Japan which had pass
ed over today after bringing rc~igna.
tons in high government circles and
shaking the entire country.
Prince Yamagata. president Of the
privy council and one OF Japan's
most distinguished statesmen. has re.
signed his official position and hls
power in Japan's affairs may be over
as result OF his opposition TO the
engagement OF Crown Prince Hiro-
hito. who win be Japan's NEXT mika-
do. TO Princess Nagako. Tho pre- -
demanding that he resign all Of hla
political positions and surrender his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-14

Today and Tuesday, prob
ably snotc; strong
N. W. pind.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
HAVE ONLY ALLOTTED SPAN
Age, Disproves Theory Which
Seems Absurd.

An ancient controversy has been 70
'ilt1 by the published story Of the
leach in DumfrieSshre, Scotland. u
| trout which for 90 years had sns.
,r3 in Il well.
The fish was caught In an adjoining
8 ~s,,'',,- the River Evan, tributary
Z the .Ann.n near Mofat. and WIS
laced in Il we'll formed in burn I'D
accent to a remote railway signal boz
few miles north of Beattock. on the
.'alnlnn'an main line. The signalnnn
u, ~ he time WAS In charge OF the
ihin took 4 lively interest in the flsh.
iii also various engine drivers aud
Yer railway workers On that sect!.?5
the line, when intervals permitted
4 their visiting the aquarium" vita
+ solitary occupant. The trout grad
ally hcca!ue quite tame and doctle.
md was accustomed to swim boldly
% the edge of the we'll to receive tit
It's from visitors In the form Of WORMS
Insects suitable to its appetite.
II Is still, argued by some authorities
hat unless some accident befalls him.
trout lives on indefinitely.
Opponents Of that theory find sup
port In the account Of the deah Of the
Scotch trout for their opinion that all
ash. even the members Of the prfnePly
salmon or trout class. have their ~
,cspted span Of life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
WANTED ALL TO UNDERSTAND
Ccerone at Holy SepuIchre at Jeru-
salem Careful TO Impress Gospel
Facts on Visitors.

Either l was particularly fortunate
or others are particularly fastidioua
The guide who showed me the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem was not par
ticularly noisy or profane or palpa-
bly, mercenary; he was rather more
or less sympathetic than the same
sort of man who might have shown
me Westminster abbey or Stafford
on-Ayon.
He was a small, solemn, owlish old
man, so far from deserving the charge
of not knowing the Bible, he deserved
rather a gentle remonstrance against
his assumption that nobody else knew
it. If there was anything to smile at,
in associations so sacred, it was the
elaborate simplicity with which he
told the first facts of the Gospel story,
as if he We're evangeliZing q savage.
Anyhow, he did not talk like cheap
jack at a stall, but rather like teach
er In an infant school.
He made it very clear that Jesus
Christ was crucified, in case anyone
should suppose he was beheaded; and
often stopped in his narrative to re-
peat that the hero of these events
was Jesus Christ, lest we should fancy
1t was Nebuchadnezzar or the duke Of
Wellington. do not in the least mind
being amused at this, but I have no
reason whatever for doubling that he
may have been better man than L
gave him what 1 should have given
q similar guide in my own country;
parted with him as politely as from
one of my own countrymen.-From
the New Jerusalem by G. K. Chester"
ton,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
|K[e42een d. Nle z,41 J
Goethe, the Great German Poet, Visits Saarbruckeu
Forest and Discovers the
Philosopher Of Coal
(Toid In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND
No. III
THE PHILOSOPHER OF COAL

In 1771, there lived in the forest near
Saarbrucken, in Germany, a chemist
named Stauf. He was an eccentric old
man who had an idea, far ahead of his
times, that many things beside coke
could be obtained in the combustion Of
b1tumlnous coal.
otaut had constructed number OF
ovens over burning mine and treated
coal so that he obtained oil, pitch, coke
and SCOT. That was quite a forward
step and although he lived in the
depths of forest the great minds OF
Europe heard OF his work. In fact,
Goethe, himself made pilgrimage to
the ovens of the far-seeing chemist
and in his autobiography wrote strik-
ing comment on his visit to the Saar-
brucken forest:
Ready and glad to pour his com
plants into a human ear, the lean
decrepit, little man, with a shoe on
one loot and a slipper on the ether,
and with stockings hanging down and
repeatedly pulled up in vain, dragged
himself up the mountain to where
the pitch house stood which he had
built himself and saw with grief now
falling INTO RUNS, Here was found a
connected row of ovens in which coal
was to be freed from sulphur and
made fit for use in the iron =. orks
but at the same time they wished also
to recover the oil ard. PITCH and in
deed, did not wan. to lose the lamp
black, so that all failed together on
account of the many ends in view"
Goethe. who G1Ibbed the chemist Of
Saarbrucken 'kohenphilosoph" or the
Philosopher of Coal, wrote his COM
mentary less than century and half
ago. What would be his comment to-
day could he enter one OF the great
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
PUBLICITY AS CRIME CHECK
Sociologist Says the Newspapers Make
Life Hard for Criminals Of
Every Description.

Blame the newspapers for making
the role of the criminal harder today
than it was twenty or thirty years
ago" said NJ. c. Elmer of the sociolo-
gy department, University of Minneso
ia, according to the Minneapolis News.
'The swindler of a few years hack
had G downy feather bed to lie on
compared to followers of his footsteps
today" he continued. "In those days,
the same gang would work q skin game
in one town a week, and then move
to the next stop and do the same thing
the following week. Not now, how
ever The newspaper is the barrier.
If a clever swindle is worked in Mex
leo or Honolulu the news is on the
wires at once, and the whole world
knows it in a couple Of hours, and the
little game is killed.
Contrary to general opinion, crime
is not any greater in proportion to
population today than twenty years
ago, according to Mr.. Elmer. 1t Is
just that the number of criminals has
increased WIN the CROWN Oh popu4h
ton, he said.
Mr.. Elmer exploded another popular
fancy when he said that he believes
that criminals are not any holder
today than in years past
ut is the newspapers agaln& he sa1d
THE big jobs are given wide publicity
and seem larger in the public mind
than those of the past. But it isn't
so. The James boys. the 1oungers,
and the paltons had just as much
nerve and put over jobs in their days
just as big as anything you read about
In the papers today"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
EACH MONTH HAS ITS JEWEL
Almost Universal Belief In Marvellous
Properties Attached to the Va
rious Precious Stones.

The ancfents attributed marvellous
properties to many of the precious
stones. There Is a Significance attached
to the various stones in making birth
day, engagement and wedding pres
ents. The different months and the
stones sacred to them, with their re
spectlve meanings, follow:
January, garnet; constancy ana
ndellty in every engagement.
February, amethyst; preventive
against violent passions.
March, bloodstone; courage, wisdon
and firmness in affection.
April, sapphire; free from enchant
ment, denotes repentance.
May, emerald; discovers false
friends and insures true love.
June. agate; insures long life, health
and prosperity.
July, ruby; discovers poison, cor
reefs evils resulting from mistaken
friendship.
August, sardonyx; insures conjugal
felicity.
September. chrysolite; free rom
ev1 passions and sadness Of the mind.
october, opal; denotes hope. sharp
ems the sight and faith Of the posses
sor.
November, topaz; fidelity and frieno
snip, prevents bad dreams.
December. turquoise: property >
lave.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
USED ANTS TO FIGHT PESTS
Southern Arabs Employed the Method
$50 Years Ago in Culture OF
the Date Palm.

Control of destructive insects by
the Introduction of their natural
enemies has become an important
technique during the last generation,
writes Paul Popence in Science. But
II competent observers are to be
trusted, the southern Arabs employed
the same method more than $50 years
ago in the culture of the date palm.
In his Relation dun Voyage dams
PYemen" Paris, 1880, page 1859, P.
E. Botta says:
II was able to verify the singular
fact previously observed by Forskal,
that the date palms in Yemen are at
tackled by species of ant which would
cause them to perish if each year the
growers did not bring from the noun
tains and fasten in the tops of the
palms branches of tree that l did
not recognize, which contains the nests
of another species of ant which des-
troys that of the date palm"
?. Forskal was the naturalist of c.
Niebuhr's expeditions his work was
published posthumously in 1775. have
not seen his account to which Botta
refers.
1t would be interesting to know
whether the history of economic en-
tomolosy furnishes any earlier record
of the biological method of pest con-
troll.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
ALWAYS A WELCOME VISITOR
Occasionally Late, but Once Every
Month She Was at the Door
to Receive Him.

She waited patiently for his arrival,
feeling that he wouldn't disappoint
her. Sometimes he was little early
sometimes a little late, but eventu-
ally he would come, bringing with him
something dear To her heart.
Once every month for four years he
hol been welcome visitor. How
Well she knew his voice-his smile
his CHEEKY WHISTLE
AT times when he passed the house
Without as much as glance, she IN
derstood and made no effort to at
fract his attention. If he appeared
distant now and then, she did not
grieve, knowing the day would come
week, two weeks perhaps-when he
would walk fearlessly up the walk
with q smile and a CHEEKY word of
greeting.
After today she would never look for
him again. At least his appearance
would never again cause the delight
full little heart throbs that We're now
agitating her.
AT last she saw him. Her arms
We're outstretched to receive-the last
War Risk Bureau allotment check,
which the postman handed to her with
q smile.--The Leatherneck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
She Bunched Them.

Grandmother was pleased that Ma
tilda should have attentions. and was
very gracious to the manly beaux anc
admirers that came by turn; but when
in the crowd of summer visitors there
appeared in succession William Little
John, Martin Pettijohn and Ted Upjohn
She was LeWildered over the young
womans predicamont.
ooh, Matilda.' she exclaimed. no"
do you manage more than one John
ME at a time? l never shall be able
10 tell which is Little, which is Pet
ty, and which is Up. But" after some
reflection, I'll bunch EN-; I'll fix EN-
Ever afterward, when one of the
Johnnie triplets appeared, grandma
was heard to eNclaim most cordially
How do you do, Mr.. Little-Petty-Up
john, which,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
Testlno Wooi~sn.

Pure woolens are adulterated ewes
more than silk because they are II
greater demand and also because they
are quite easy to initiate. Many ,
gard Of cloth sod rs pure wool" COB
tains from 80 TO 60 per cent cotton
Blankets sold as half WOOL have f.
Quently been found to contain only IL
per cent Of pure wool There are ma
chimes today which cleverly wrap
wool around cotton threads, and the
finished product has every appearance
Of being "all wool" Another method
II adulterating is by taking cotton
cloth and telling short wooden
threads upon its surface by means Of
heat, moisture and pressure.
A purchaser may be fully convinced
dom the appearance and feeling Of
sloth that 1t IL all wool, but the only
Gafo method II to take home the sam
pic and make tests. Immerse the sam.
pie of % called wool in oil Of vitriol fol
about two minutes. This win destroy
~ enttOn, but the wool win not b
6Msctsd Another test b to moisten {
anmpla with 50 per cent nitric acid
- wiu turn the wool yellow, but ~
16oa NJ setaia ~ esase-WaG1ng
g.. sssss-. M