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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
z WAIT
SILEN
Death!
Doomed Men Face
Execution by Gas
In Nevada State
Law Experiment
ny GENE COIN

CARSON CITY. New. t'ek. 90.
THE House of Creeping Death
IL scheduled 10 have its first try
out between April ie and April
g.
That Il the time fixesi for the
executions Of Hughie Sing ard
Gce Jon. u,urd~rvr~. unfjsv No
vAdA's uew state lav providing
for tho killing By tcthAi gas 0f
psvsons sentenoah 10 deAfh.
Unless the United States supreme
court wills otherwise. these two Chi
nese tong members win be led from
murdersrs' ruw-where death
watch already has been set over
thern--so become .rrrt subjects for
th~ worlds first ie;hni gas exeeu.
tons
PRISONERS WAIT
DOOM CALMLY
In tbs meantime the prisoners
wal, with fAtsii-sic calm. wholly un-
aware Of tho national attention they
are attracting.
: IN the meantime. too. q bitter legal
hattie has opened In Nevada 10 stop
the use Of the ieshai Fas cage NJ .
means Of capital punishment. At
tornsys viii carry tho fight TO tho
highest courts.
But sine. the Nevada legislature
has voted the isthai gas cage tho
iaat word In humane execution"
Gov. Emmett Boyle and state prison
directors are continuing with plans
for it's construction and tho deaths
Of the "tess cases"
AZ for Hurhie Sing. ~. and Gee
Jon. 20. they merely know that they
are doomed to die. They have no
conception OF tho scientific device.
born OF the war. that may carry
them TO nomentary fame as we'll as
to death. They were convicted OF
tong murder.
HurbIe Sing. who attended Amerf.
can schools but could not forget los.
sons In tong vengeance learned out
side the classroom. talks freely.
Gee Jon. known tho length Of the
Pacific coast an a killer" says moth.
ing.
"ONE WAY
LIKE ANOTHER
Hunhie Ia more interested in the
course Of the courts than IN the
means OF death n the courts fail.
IF 7 must die. ono way is about as
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
dead.
AS ROMA.
CRASHES.
Government M ay
Ban Building of
Death-D Dealing u.
S. Dirigible
ny LAURENCE II. BKNEDIcT

nv LAURENCE VI. BENEDICT
WASHINGTON. f~h .s.--A
strong demand that all appro-
pvialicns for army and navy
dhig,bl~- be slapped nj once
AROSE In congress today ~ the
result OF lie Homa disaster at
Norfolk yesterday, which took
n Toll II ~ lives.
Because Of the destruction OF the
biz army ship yesterday. the cxpio-
sion Of tho zKs over Hun. England.
hssf August. with the ioss OF &C. ltvcs.
and tho losH OF several smaller craft
in recent years. congressional leaders
Tn close touch with army and navy
affairs believe IL unwh~ To spend
large sums of money and risk scores
OF iivca in dsvsicrin9 the. slisisibie.
OOUKT VALUE
or DiltlG1Blf.
DOUBT was expressed ~ mary
members that the dirigibie win ever
~ an effective weapon Of warfare.
because OF ita apparent extreme sus-
ccptibllify to accidents.
Tho war department probably win
appoint a scor0 Of investigators to-
day.
A special board Of inquiry may 10
ordered by Secretary OF War Weeks
or tho inspector general OF the army
asked 10 make Investigation In ad.
dition 20 Maj. Cssn. Patrick.
Inquiry also will be made ~ 20
whether there was sufficient OF the
non.lnfiammsbic hclIum gas In tho
country 10 filI the big tanks Of the
Roma.
Representative Kahn. California.
chairman OF the house military af.
fairs committee. said nc would wait
until further information had been
received as 10 the cause OF tirs nc.
oidcnt before advising any steps by
his committee.
A rigorous examination must be
made. however. lre urged. 10 FIX the
blame.
This was very terrible catn-.
frophc." ho stated. II look upon the
men who perished ar martyrs 70 the
cause OF progress and science"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
By Cynthia Grey

Arc you In favor OF permitting
men teachers 10 smokc7
I put the question TO DIR. Helen
Bsbcock IN the crary building.
what? what's that; The idea
I thought most Of them already
did'--came a firm. but kindly voice
from the other end Of the wire.
"you see." explained. ''the Seat
tie Council OF Mothers and Parent.
Teacher associations have issued the
battle cry that No teacher who
smokes shall he employed In tho new
Roosevelt high school,"
II shall cndcavor 10 answer your
question" said the doctor. by nsk-
Ing another: Since when have we
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Home Brew

6rrrtinEs. folks. Tho first
br~sfh Of spring Is caused by
eating green onions.
We know a lot OF Seattle hotels
which are Jealous OF Hollywood
Some Of the candidates for mayor
are going to have a waik-ovcr-an
,hen long walk back.
PAGE HARRY LAUDER
Councilman Robert Bruce He's.
keith says hc II not going TO file
for mayer for thrvc weeks. be-
cause u costs SIS to file and ho
wants TO save the interest on
"A tho money.
why ro, refuse TO
file. Roe. and save
IN. entire siss
" Cecrric ". iircd today
He tcosidnf chop tho cherry tree
Wuh any iitfic hafchrf. No.
He'd kHosc fhe tricks Of forestry.
Ard paffsa0 dotcn the tiny tool
That brought speaking from hss
par.
He'd couple xp hss batteries
And use his rc,p electric satc
FIRST Seedicss Grapefruit Appear
on Local Market"
All. but wait until the first squirt
less grapefruit appearsi
MILITARY ATROCITIES
Mrs MArIct Asquith. wife ef
Kngiand's former psvmiev. says
THAI flzppsxS arr only . result
Of Tho war. War Is hciL
You can live TO Be foe. says a
Trench scientist. IL you simply re-
fuse to believe you are old In add
tfon to refusing TO believe you are
cid. also look In both directions
zen crossing Second and Pike.
aA soma people n
~ snts tcwn e~ifsvs
- that they ear hear
th~ city eeuaeti
AfarSot Asquith likes men better
than women. because. she says.
women are 20 undecided. And she IL
right. Some women change their
husbands minds every day.
We suggest the Les Angeles police
now investigate the alleged killing
Of Abel by Cain
Dear Hcmer-uAvs those heaters ar
rived for tho Couea park cara yeti
A. -. 4.
Dear AdoIph-->ot yet. The street car
officiAis are waiting for the not weather.
-Homsr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
PROBE
OF DISASTER

NORFOLK. Va. FEB. 2,.-Army
air service experts today put under
way their Investigation TO determine
tho cause of the disaster 10 the Amer
lean airship Roma. in which % were
killed and II injured.
Stark and flame scared the twist
cd steel skeleton that had been tho
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TODAY's RECIPE

Take one RECKLESS. natural
born fool. two or three drinks of
bad liquor. . fast. hiEh-powercd
motor car. Soak the fool In
liquor. place him In the car. and
let him drive to Tacoma or
Everett. After due time remove
the wreckage. plaee in black.
silk lined box, and garnish with
cut flowers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

CONCORD. y. C.. Feb. 22.-Police
Chief Talbot today wired to Los An
geics for detailed description Of Ed
ward +. Sands. following the arrest
here OF a man who gave the name OF
Harvey Adams. but who is said to
resemble the missing valet Of w. d.
Taylor, the murdered film director.
The police said that Adams bore
many OF the marks mentioned IL Z
general description OF Sands.
The prisoner said he was q book
keeper from Richmond. Va
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Clothing Ignites;
Girl, IS, Is Burned

Billie Owens, 10. of the Itosedale
hotel. 722 Pike ST.. was severely burn
cd Wednesday morning when her
night clothing caught fire as she
stood before "a small gas heater in
her room. She was taken TO the city
hospital
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Declares Taylor
Killed by Dopers

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Feb. e.
The drug ring OF California killed
William Desmond Taylor becauSa
Taylor had declared war on drug
addicts among motion picture play.
ers.
This Is the declaration Of James
Thomas. recently reformed drug ad-
dict. who in a series OF articles. made
the following statement to the Sacra-
mento Star today:
II furnished drugs TO other ned
dlers in Los Angeles. having SNUG.
gled the drugs into the southern
city from Mexico by way OF Eel
Paso.
'of all my peddlers In Los Angeles
the most prosperous were those who
sold drugs in Hollywood and around
about the motion picture studios.
II myself have been in the homes
of directors of big companies. but
will not disclose their names.
MY peddlers would wear the finest
of clothes and mingled with motion
picture actors and actresses ON the
lot They worked quickly and not
mucil Du1c was spent III ConNSrSa-
tion. The peddlers would seem to
the casual observer to be nothing
more than well-to.do visitors.
''My belief is that the drug ring
got Taylor. Whenever anyone stood
in their way they always got tho
persons. II was easy enough for
them TO hire someone TO kill Taylor
and that is what they dld-
las understand IL. Taylor had
Just declared war on drug addicts
among motion picture players In his
company. He was not the villain he
is pictured. lie wanted TO clean up
the industry and he was starting
with drugs.
''T'he drug ring learned Of II and
hired someone 90 kill him. That's
the way the drug ring always acts
when someone stands in their way"
Thomas has his own IDEAS as To
who killed Tavlor. He recently re-
nounced the drug habit here after
being an addict for 20 years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Martin Cleary Now
a City Detective

Patroiman Martin J. cleary was
promoted, Wednesday. TO the rank OF
detective. 20 ill the vacancy caused
by the death of Detective Ralph u.
Benjamin. The order takes effect
Immediately.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Sure Reclamation
Measure Will Pass

Confidence that the Smith.McNary
reclamation bin would be passed
shortly Was expressed by T. J. I'm.
derwood. Washington, ID. G.. repre-.
sentative OF the Seattle Chamber OF
Commerce. in a wire TO President
Watcrhouse Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
LIE DIES HOUR
IL AFTER WEDDING

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. s2.--Frcd.
erick q. Denke. contractor. and Miss
Vera Fitzpatrick were married late
yesterday by Judge james NJ. Trout.
An hour later Denke died, the vic.
tim OF pneumonia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
Islanders Doubtful
on Bridge Victory

With dispatches from Wash
ington indicating that all Of tho
shipping boards wooden hulls on
this coast have bs~u sold TO
private individual, Mercer island
residents were inclined to be
doubtful today over their "vic-
tory" IN persuading the county
commissioners TO act A. their
agents In the purchase Of Is OF
the huIIs for use In the proposed
pontoon bridge across Lake
Washington.
After delaying action on the mat
ter for weeks. the commissioners
finally decided. after n public hear.
ing Tuesday, TO accede to the island
erw' request and offer to buy the
hulls from the shipping board In
doing this they put no burden upon
the county. the Mercer island people
having agreed 10 shoulder the cost of
The bridge themselves.
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm
Douglas was instructed TO draw up
a letter Thursday. making the offer
and explaining the county's stand
that. while II was acting as purchas'
ing agent. II did not guarantee any
This is all the Mercer islanders
ever asked. and had 1t been done at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

10 Dan randon Il
- elected mayor will
he refuse TO be vest
ed with full au-
thority7
Paul Clyde. fearless young busI-
ness man. tried TO sell US a bond to-
day In the Republic Of Chile, but he
met with cold response.
MIGHT CALL EN- JELLO
CARRIAGES
Dear Homer--"Shlmmy Tnstlga-
tors" Is the most fitting name for
the one-man cars. know. because
II was these cars that started me on
the downward path Of shimmying.-
S. Il.
well, We'll, Wen,
n " Isn't our old
friend -. -" And
how are al She folks
On the Capitol hin
line:
yoliva. boss OF Zion City, has set
out on a trip around the globe In
order to prove that the world is flat
He doean't have TO prove II 70 us
I-s's been mighty fiat since prohibit
ton.
They are holding a fashion show
at the MacDouesll-S Southwick store
Dan Landon Is not among the mod
els.
Young Jake Schaefer. billiard
champion, is showing his wares here
today. Jake can make more money
out Of three balls than any pawn
broker in Seattle. He takes his cue
from his dad.
From the pineholme Poultry Yards.
Pfnehurst, comes plsintiyc plea TO
inaugurafs an Eat a Raw Egg a
Minute Week" Could you call these
"one minute eggs?
POEMS FOR YOUR ASH CAN
Whcme'cr bc sat In poier games,
N raised friend teifis's ire;
SHE'D rather sec a potter Vscd
WitHin the furnace fire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

Remember the days when we
used 10 worry about the boys
being blown up N the trenches?
Now We worry about them being
blown up In the cellars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

LOS ANGELES. Feb. ee--poiice
headquarters and the sheriff's office.
seeking the slayer OF William Des-
mond Taylor, today turned attention
to Detroit and Concord. \. c.. whcro
a total of five arrests of suspects in
connection with the Taylor case were
reported
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

Washington dispatches say r. ].
McGahie, OF San Francisco, has
bought the entire Pacific coast wood.
en- fleet. numbering 20 vessels, for
sl22. $50.
McGahie will use tho hulls as
hargcs for the transportation OF lum-
Der and coal. II Is said.
Tho wood ships in Lake Union
comprise all OF the uncompleted wood
vessels constructed in Washington
shipyards during the war. excepting
those built at Vancouver, Wash.
They cost the government between
ss25,ooo and $3.50, 1000 apiece. and Nc.
Gahie's offer would reach approx.
mately only si.7o0 per hull.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

the time OF their first request, they
would have been triumphant. but
Now g. seems that the hulls have
already been sold. and II Is doubtful
II the shipping board can still be held
to the offer IL made weeks ago to sell
the Is hulls TO the county for $500.
There are some disgruntled
proponents who openly charge
that the commissioners deliber-
atcIy delayed action 10 bring
about just this situation. For
some obscure reason he commits
sioners have apparently been
hostile 10 the proposition almost
from It's inception. and Mercer
islanders assert that they were
simply "stalling," so that they
could get u good excuse 10 kill Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22
"ONE WAY
LIKE ANOTHER"

Huxhie Ia more interested in the
course Of the courts than IN the
means OF death n the courts fail.
IF must die. ono way is about as
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POEMS FOR YOUR ASH CAN

Whcne'cr hc sat In poler games,
N raised friend totfie's ire
She'd rather sec a poker Uscd
WitIin the furnace FIRE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22

Paul Clyde. fearless young bnsi-
ness man. tried 70 sell US bond to-
day In the Republic Of Chile, but he
met with a cold response.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11

WASHINGTON. d. c., Mar. l0--If
you have suffered the misfortune Of
losing q leg, and are casting about
for means OF making q livelihood,
perhaps the most lucrative thing you
can turn to is pan-handlinK. The
stories of the incomes made by ped
dlers of pencils. chewing gum, USE
less gewgaws generally, are by no
means fables
Cities differ widely IN the ways of
dealing with professional cripples. In
some cities they must obtain licenses.
or suffer arrest In this way the
police are given an opportunity 70
investigate each case and find out
whether the cripple who applies for
the privilege OF peddling on the streets,
with his infirmity or deformity as
his mair means OF attracting dimes,
nickels and quarters, Is really un-
able to make a living in some other
way
Just at this time the city Of Wash
ington Is a haven for these men.
The police department has tried TO
keep them out OF the downtown dis
tr1ct, which of course is tho ground
they prefer. Unfortunately no law
or police regulation directly prohib.
ita these men from offering their
wares for sale. Only few days ago
the police were directed to make some
arrests and see II the courts would
help to remedy the situation by Inn
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11
Auto stana comnstisIon

we do not see what objection can be raised to
House Bill "A amending the act with reference to the
regulation of stage and freight traffic on the
r,ubc highways of the state. 1t provides that the
corporation commission must assume that when zoe
citizens Of terminus OF a proposed line sign petit
ton for it, there need of issuing certificate Of
r,ublic convenience and necessity
without. no doubt. any intention Of fostering
monopoly by withholding certificates from opposition
lines over the same routes all the effects Of monopoly
have quickly manifested themselves in extortionate
rates and fares.
Competition we may conceive, might be Of such
q character as to be ruinous to those engaged in 1t
and then to the service. But the corporation has
power to check that sort Of competition and maintain
q healthy competition both in rates and service
There is something, too repelant in the Idea that
4 certain company may be given an exclusive prvi-
lege over highway which has been built and must
be maintained at the public expense
OF course a certificate should not be granted to
every one who asks. Several things to be taken
into consideration. But when half thousand petit
TONERS ask for competing line, it must be assumed
that there is something the matter with the exist
ing line.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11
LARDNER WEEKLY LETTER
BRAKES AND BRE AKS-BOTH RIGHT
BY RING w. LARDNER

and Florida was built at the expense
of the railroads so as when you
thought you was not getting theated
right by a train you could look out at
them and say to yourself my god /
am glad didn't take automobile.
suppose at this pit. the question
arises as to whether It is more ex-
pensive to travel in the north or the
south. Well, friends, when you are
going from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg you have white ticket reading
Philadelphia to Pittsburg and the
conductor takes it up and that is all
they is to IL but in Ga. and Fla. they
give you a khaki colored ticket and
the man comes through every niue
vile and he asks you for your ticket
and you tell him you have give IL TO
him and he says you have not ana
you can't prove II because ne Is
dressed the same color as your ticket.
I asked a trainman between Jack
sonville and Miami why he had 10
wear that colored suit and he says
was you in France2
Well, friends, I don't know what
other differents they is TO exclaim
only that up north they spell them
brakes and down there they speli
them breaks and they are both right
Porter Makes Only One Trip.
Oh, yes, IN regards to the porters
| II was always my belief that the CIV,
war was fought to allow the coloreo
| boys TO come north from the south
but II seems like the minute you get
below the Mason Dixon line why the
porters Is all at sea and don't never
I know what town you was just in ol
where you are comeing to where as
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11
The Profits Of PanhandIing

posing fines or sentences in the
workhouse.
The arrests were made, and when
the cases came before the police
court, Judge Hardison decided that
the men were not vagrants nor beg
gars. The fact that they had wares
offered for sale, and that they were
able to show incomes sufficient 20
lift them out of the class OF those
having no visible means of support,
in the opinion of the court, protected
these panhandlers from police inter-
ference. The court decided that PEN
ellis off sred for sale. even though they
brought in 10 or Is times their value,
constituted legitimate commerce.
Cure Now Being Sought
A remedy for this situation In
Washington may come from drawing
up police regulations directly prohib-
iting street selling in the downtown
section. II is believed that the pro-
fessionaI cripples. rather than haunt
the residence districts where the
pedestrian traffic is negligible COM
pared with the busy business part of
the city, would take their handsful
of pencils and their woe-begone ap-
pearance to some more lenient city.
II Is understood that some such regu-
lation is In process of drafting.
In the recent arrests made In
Washington as test cases. one of the
men had In his pocket between $50
and $50, another had more than S65,
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11

patriotism and general incompetence Of those al
home our boys there were wholly dependent
upon foreign artillery.
Mr.. Forney justified In falling into mild pro-
family In his next remark:
You men sitting before me cheered them
nnadly and marched to the depot. And you
didn't go damn step further. Suppose Ger
many had won the war? What DO you think
your taxes would have been?
"They would have been 20 times more
than the bonus During the war the ways
and means committee authorized the Issuance
OF over s51.ooo.o00,O00 worth Of bonds. Up
to that tins. since the founding OF this gov
ernment we have only spent $S1,0oO,OOOO0O''
And so il the American boys along the Meuse had
not checked the German onrush in August OF 1919
and had not driven them back and the war had IN
consequence continued, other billions would nave
been piled upon the country and perhaps there would
have been authorization Of further Indebtedness.
SO in accepting this obligation to the ex-serviee
men though we have taken additional burden II
is light in comparison with what ii would have been
but for the service they rendered the country Ii
this obligation had been denied, new and stronger
meaning would have been given to the declaration
that republics are ungrateful.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-11

and the third a considerable sum Of
money. One man arrested prior to
this time for the same offense had
in his pocket nearly $S5. In every
case most of this money was in small
change, indicating to the police that
il was the income for not more than
three DAYS at the outside, and poss-
IDLY of only one day and evening.
Cant Brown, the police officer In
charge of the downtown district, con-
verslng with one OF these men. said
TO him. "You probably make a lot
more money than l do" The crippled
panhandler dressed in the rags Of
poverty, modestly admitted that this
probably was true.
Here as elsewhere many OF these
men. since the war. have taken TO
wearing old. frayed uniforms of the
United States army, usually, how
ever, taking great care that insignia
Of all sorts is removed. Not even the
branch of the supposed service ia
shown. Once in a while some strap
ping, able bodied tramp dons a uni
form and goes out to take a living
away from the world. trying straight
out begging on the plea that he is
former member of the A. y. +. who
lost his job when he entered the
army. has been able TO find nothing
else to do, and is reduced to his pres
ent lowly state because of these facts.
Few Real Veterans Begged
Some cities swarmed with these
parasites for moths after the armis-
tice was signed. An investigation
made by the war risk insurance bu-
reau disclosed the fact that there
was scarcely single real ex-soldier
among this army of beggars. A great