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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

IT was six o'clock IN tho morning
! was locked up IN the fourth cell
on the fourth gallery next TO tho
deathhousc IN Auburn prison; the
chair has been removed 20 Sing Sing
since.
looked thru my grated iron door
and saw many reflections OF matches
In tho giant windows looming from
the corridor beneath my gallery This
showed mo everybody was up and
smoking. tho same a. I.
From n dis,an, cell I heard a
prisoner hiss.
There he goes nowr'
Looked down into tho yard he.
yonp tho giant windows and saw
little man with a black mus,acho
hurrylng towards the death.houso.
1, was Davis. the states exccutioner.
Soon there came IN hts tracks the
prison chaplain. carrying a Bible un.
der his arm.
Then heard tho ,qucaklnE OF the
big gates OF tho outer walls. the clat.
terinE Of horses shoes aEains; the
pavement OF tho yard. and then came
/ she .A.s.ssss .
Everything was Sc, for an electro
eu,ion.
That was the reason why We Eel.
lows were Up 20 early IN the morn.
lng.
turned 30 the electric light dan.
Cling from tho ceiling OF my narrow
confins.
Smoking furiousiy looked into
the golden bowl. and waited u 10 dim
three times.
All Of the available juice In The
pcnitsntiary was used during these
clec,rocutions. and when men died
III that little dsath.houss next door
our lights would dim three timez.
II was carly summer and outside
the giant windows robins were wnrb.
ling. and butterflies were already
Tapping their wings thru the golden
rise OF the sun.
II didn't seem right. this killing on
such a beautiful morning.
From across tho city heard the
tolling Of some bell. faneled a
shepherd searching for lost sheep on
some far.off mountainside.
An eternity went by.
felt strange things coming In and
out OF my cell.
Hes In tho little house merit
door" I mumblcd 70 them.
rolled another ciEarct and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

For n period Of 1859 years ending
IN 1905. Japan had 80 earthquakes.
more Or less disastrous In character.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Need Cash to Push
Power Initiative

More cash contributions arc needed
70 float the Hone bin Initiative pcil
tons. hackers Of the measure said
Wednesday The bin Is being han.
died By an executive committee Of
tho state power conference OF Wash.
ington and the Super Power league.
,. ID. Ross Is chairman and Ralph
Nichols. secretary. Headquarters Il
at to2 Railway Exchange building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Chinese Succumbs
to Gas; Suicide

Believed 10 be a suicide. the body
u Al Lee. a5. n Chinese. was found
Tuesday afternoon IN his Eas filled
room at 500H Sixth ave. B., BY J..
A. Jensen. a roomer a. the place.
The Chinsman was dead IN his
bed and gas was flowing from n
small heater No motive IL known
FOR the suicide
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

connection with the marriaEs 70 Airs.
Mei.or. The latter was the complain.
ing witness. She declared they lived
in san Mateo. Cal. az man and wife
for several years and that she only
found out about the trick By aeci-
dent
Mm Mfilor charges Skinner used
the name d Eearis and that q fake
minister performed tho ceremony.
Skinner declares nothing can BE-
proved against him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Seeks $4,000 as
Accident Damages

Suit Tor fss.Ge5 damages vas filed
ln superior court Tuesday BY Mrs
r. D. Bmndebeuy against Harry
Burns Tor personal injuries from an
automobile accident The injuries
were alleged 20 have occurred when
Burns auto hit her a. she vas about
10 board a trolley a. Greenwood ave.
and 9th A.. December ..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
GUARDSMEN MAY
NOT ENCAMP
Livestock Epidemic Cause
for New Orders

SALEM. ore. May si-In a let.
Ger received today BY AdlL Gen.
George A. white. Gov Pierce or.
dercd that tho Oregon National
Guard be not allowed 10 snoamp this
SUMMER IN California. because of
the hoofand mouth disease situation.
The governor aid he based HIS
decision on reports of DR. W. H.
Lytile, state yeisrinarlna. and n. r.
simms. OF the oregon Agricultural
college.
Gov. Pierce asked that tho troops.
which we're expected 10 50 20 Mon.
iercy. Cal. b. sent 10 Camr Lewis
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
FAKE MARRIAGE
CASE DROPPED
Woman Settles Charges Out
OF Court, Leaves

VANCOUVER. b. c. Nay 2i.-Ths
case against Thomas ]. Esarle Skin.
nsr wealthy Calgary real estate man.
who was charged BY Mrs Wilhelmlna
Mellor Of having "trieksd" her into
false marriage IN 1919. has been
settled out q court. u was discovered
here today.
Mru. Meilor was given an nutomo.
bile. a small cash payment and a
furnithed home IN Los Angeles. &c
cording 20 SINNERS solicitors. She
IL said 10 have left FOR California.
skinner was arrested here last
February on a criminal charge IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Sentences Youth

James Duff. 10. was sentenced 70
serve ono 70 five years az Monroe
~ Judge Calvin 9 Hail. Tuesday.
when he pleaded guilty to the theft
Of an automobile belonging to l. T.
Mccrenry. May Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Seeks Separation
From Aged Spouse

-Four months afieT her marriage.
life a. tho wife Of st.ycar.old VII.
liam +. Cooper became intolerable.
AIRS winnifrcd Cooper. e. com.
plains in a suit for divorce filed
Wednesday. Tho young bride asks
500 a month aIimony and $500 AZ.
torney fees.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21
Cynthia Gregg
"Just Dime, Mother" so Small Boy Gets Alloloanc
BY CYNTHIA GREY

little mother, with heap Of horse sense has prae-
teal method Of teaching her young the value Of dollars
and cents
Donald aged 3 is Of the real aboy types that de-
light the heart but keeps the mind pretty busy keeping up
nth him.
He to of the public schools and finds various
oasons to spend little dabs Of money this and that
One day he needs nickel for something that all the chill
dren are going 10 buy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

I'D like 20 develop IN him a
knowledge of how 20 spend. because
/ believe Il will be ono OF tho best
bits OF foundation wisdom he can
have In this age u reckless earning
aud siill more reckless spending.
Already Donald il beginning %
understand Why a few dollars Won't
buy everything Ia the shop"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

Cynthia Grey will receive call.
srs on Monday. Wednesday ana
Friday, from TO : p. m. and
on Tuesday ana Thursday. from
N 10 ~ a. m. az her office In
The Star building. 1909 Seventh
ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

smoked and smoked and smoked.
The clouds driited between me and
the llEht aud startled me.
Then came a hldeoun yell from a
thousand throatsl
The name Of God was hiasphemedl
The name Of Christ. who died for
such men as owned those threats.
was turned 20 hlasphsmei
Tho fatal light In front OF me was
dim....dlm..ld dim.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-21

he Pleads
For Money
Another morninE he comes 20 his
mother with the most ingratlating
smile ana the most pleading man.
rsr. asking Cor "just dime.
mother"
or he eaadles up oiose 90 her.
sust before bedtime. and whispers
81 her ear THAI be just would love
q have IS cents, like The other
ioys"
wa Teach
Son Values
NOW I've decided" says the
Esuslhle little mother, who knows
ali ahou; bow much q costs 10 buy
suits and shoes and stockings for
small boys. 20 teach Donald the
value o. hts dimes and quarters.
sometimes the young man says
60 me; But mother. you have 80
much in your purse today. couldn't
sou spare a little for NET What DO
sou do with Il all anyway. moth.
err
You see he has no idea Of what
., costs 70 buy clothing. for In.
stance.
"He wonders why. with what
secms 20 him lot q money. plan
carefully and DO not always set
everything ia like TO have.
Taking 10 him and explaining
90 him doesn't bring about tho real.
ization. So have hit upon an
other plan.
Can't Hare
Everything
n have started giving him a
small Allowances very small one
but Il comes 20 him regularly
every week.
-Out Of Il he must pay whatever
Re needs 70 spend on his special
funds az school. II wont be enough
o. do all he wants 20 do. But that
8 Just what I want 20 happen. Tic
must come 20 understand no can't
have everything he would like: that
q certain sum % money can't b,
stretched indefinitely.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
jE71( 1IIe.,.a.3IliggjSi;;7;;Bg,'!e,!k:zIyes:k

/ of Tools and instruments of Play;
Shaping, Drawing, Framing, and
Building, ETC., than getting some
Rules of Propriety of Speech by
Heart: And those also would fol-
low with more Judgment, and less
Trouble and Time.
at were Happy if we studied
Nature in more natural Things;
and acted according to Nature;
whose rules are few, plain and
most reasonable.
''Let us begin where she begins,
90 her Pace, and close always
where she ends. and we cannot
miss of being good Naturalists.
"The Creation would no longer
be a Riddle to us: The Heavens,
Earth and Waters, with their re-
spective, various and Vulnerable In
habitants: Their Productions, Ma
lures, Seasons, Sympathies and
Antipathies; their Use, Benefit
and Pleasure, would be better I'M
derstood by us: And an eternal
Wisdom. Power, Majesty and
Goodness, very conspicuous to US,
thro' those sensible and passing
Forms: The world wearing the
Mark of its Maker, whose Stamp
is everywhere visible, and the
Characters very legible to the
Children of Wisdom.
"FinaIly, if Man be the In
dex or Epitomy Of the World,
az PHILOSOPHERS tell us, we
have only to read our selves
well to be learned in it."
The capitals are PENIS own. He
had a peculiar liking for them;
something which may throw light
on his character.
Except in Pennsylvania, perhaps,
the name of Penn is rather hazy
in the minds of Americans, albeit
he was one of the most notable
among the men who founded the
states which became the Thirteen
Colonies,
He was the son Of a distin-
euished English admiral. He was
expelled from Oxford for noncon-
formity. He travelled on the con-
tinent, served in the navy, studied
law. In 1857 he became a Quaker,
and the next year was confined in
prison because of certain of his
expressed religious views. In 1852
he sailed for America with a char
ter for East New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. He did not spend
much time in the colony he found
ed. All of his later years were
spent in England.
His voluminous writings are
largely controversial, and often
concerned with issues no longer in
teresting. The pith of the man is
contained in Fruits of Solitude"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
Our Coal Supply.

1t was feared at one time that the
rate of coal consumption would soon
outgrow the rate Of production, and
there was talk of curtailing the use
of coal In many industries. But the
inventor proceeded to make coal-min-
ing machinery which lessened the la
Dor Of extracting the raw product
from the earth and increased the out
put tenfold. England to-day bases
her hope of extending the period Of
her profitable coal-mining upon the
invention of machinery that will COM
pensate for the added cost of deeper
mining In America coal-mining ma
chinery has doubled and tripled the
output. A coa1-digger cuts and ex-
tracts the coal from its bed as fast as
three or four skilled miners could
formerly do; 1t falls automatically
upon cars, which swing upward like
elevators to the light OF day, and de-
post their contents into chutes. Down
the sooty mass tumbles to the break
ers, where it is pounded and broken
AAbO o1LOo OdAbeAOAO ANA SOAAA4ASA w.
Thence it slides on to the washery,
and comes out at the other end to be
dumped on cars The cars quickly
cross the country to some river or bay
where canal-boats are waiting. The
transference from the cars to the
boats, and from the boats to the
wholesale and retail dealers coal
yards, is performed automatically.
Even when the coal comes into our
homes it Is shot down chutes into
the cellar, and not carried there in
buckets and baskets as of old.
And yet for all this simplifying of
labor, this invention of machines to-
reduce the dust and ashes, nobody
likes coal, and we all pray for the
time to come when its use may be
abolished. 1t is not popular article
of commerce; it is clumsy and dirty
fuel, and in this age of invention and
discovery 1t seems wofully out-of-
date. 1t is not new machinery to
increase thu output that we are long
ing for, but the discovery of some
new method Of obtainixs heat and
power.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22

lCHERIFFS SAL E.-By virtue of sum
~ dry writs off. fa to me directed issued out of
the Monmouth County Circuit Court of the
State of New Jersey will be exposed to
sale at public vendue, on
Tuesday, the 18th Day of June, 1924,
between the hours of IA O'Clock and O'Clock,
tat oclock), Daylight Saying Time, in the
afternoon of said day, at the Real Estate Of
fee of William c. Burroughs 773 Madison av.
enue, in the City of Asbury Park County OF
Monmouth New Jersey. to satisfy judgments
of said Court, amounting to approximately
$2,73s.oo.
All that certain lot, curtilage, tract or parcel
of land and premises, situate, lying and being
at Bradley Park, in the Township of Neptune;
County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey,
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at point in the easterly lire of
Union svenue distant one hundred feet south
eriy from the southeast corner of Union aven
and Seventh avenue thence ri southerly
along the easterly line of Union avenue, fifty
feet; thence [7] easter1y at right angles with
Union avenue. one hundred feet; thence l3l
northerly parallel with Union avenue, Fifty
feet; thence [4l westerly and parallel with the
second course herein, one hundred eet to the
point or place of beginning, as appears to us OF
record.
Seized as the property of Walter c.
Pc rrine & Buekelew, Inc, body corporate. and
buchanan Smock LII Der Co., body corpor-
ate, and to be sold by
JOHN H. VAN MATER, sheriff.
Dated May Io, 1894.
Durand, WINS s. Carton, Solicitors.
4Ilines. $I7.a7
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
STRANGE Food for Humans.

According to writer in the Scien-
tif1c American, perhaps the most sim
gular food for human beings is the
larvae Of a fly which is common In
parts of California. This insect is
found in such vast quantities in Lake
Mono that it Is washed upon the shores
in vast windows and can be collected
by bushels. The water of Mono Is
very singular, seemingly heavy and
smooth like OIL SO much so that IL
resists ordinary wind and refuses to
become ruff1ed. When the larvae be-
gin to appear Indians gather from far
and near and scrape them up, place
the wormlike creatures on cloths and
racks in the sun and dry them. when
they are beaten up and husked, look
ing then like rice. The Indians call
the food "kooh-chah-bee," and many
bushels are collected at this time.
That larvae are nutritious is shown
by the condition Of the Indians. who
coon grow Sat on the rich diet.
The Witches Teee.
Country people speak OF the elder
tree as "The witches Tree" and
planted it near farm buildings and
6airies to keep off witches. They also
say that the roots should never come
near q well, still less grow into 1t, or
the water will be spoilt. Evelyn's
opinion was also unfayorab1e. He
says: II do by no means commend the
scent of it, which is very noxious to
the air.
I'VE learn from Biesius that GER
tain house In Spain, seated among
many elder trees, diseased and killed
nearly all it's inhabitants, which, when
at last they were grubbed up, became
very healthy and wholesome place."
Cattle scarcely touch the elder, and
the mole is driven away by the scent
Carriers often place branches on their
horses heads to keep Off flies. Nothing
will grow we'll In the company Of the
slider, and when 1t has been removed
and all its roots carefully grubbed up
1t Is some few years before the ground
become perfectly sweet and good for
anything.
The berries, besides feeding the
birds, make excellent country wine,
delicious with soda water in summer
or taken hot in winter, the wood Is
particularly good for skewers and the
curious jews red fungus grows on
elder stumps. A species of elder In
the Tyrol Is covered with beautiful
scarlet berries.-Selborne Magazine.
u
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22

When Grover Cleveland was prac-
ucing law at Buffalo, among his as.
sociates was q young lawyer who,
though a bright fellow, was rather
inclined 10 laziness. He was for
ever bothering Cleveland about points
OF law rather than look them up him.
self.
At last Cleveland became tired Of
L. and the next time the young man
sauntered in. Cleveland knew what
he wanted. and, getting up, pointed
to his bookcase and said: There
are my books. You are welcome TO
them. You can read up your own
case"
The fellow was caught, but he
rose TO the occasion. "See here,
Grover Cleveland" he said. 81 want
you TO understand I don't read law.
practice entirely by ear, and you
and your books can go to thunder"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

American cheese, one and one-half
tablespoons fine bread crumbs, one
teaspoon butter if desired, one-half
green pepper, salt and paprika.
Chop peppers fine and add all in
gradients except the bread crumbs
and butter, mix well. Bake the
rice mixture in we'll buttered dish
one hour. Stir frequently to pre-
vent the rice from settling. Ten
minutes before the end of the hour
add the crumbs and butter to the
top and let brown.
Chocolate Cookies-One cup su-
gar, one egg, three-fourths scant
cup melted butter or substitute,
three-fourths cup sour milk, one
and one-half cups -four, one-half
teaspoon baking soda, one-fourth
teaspoon cream of tartar, two
thirds cup chopped nut meats, two
heaping tablespoons cocoa. Drop
in small quantities on creased tin
and bake in moderate oven.
+ Meat RoIl-Buy pound of round
steak cut thin. Cut piece of suet
into thin slices. Grind an onion and
half a green pepper. Mix together,
adding salt to taste. Roll the steak
placing the slices of suet and mix
turd of onion and green pepper as
you roll. Tie securely with Irvine.
Dredge with -four, sprinkle with
salt and pepper and dot with but
ter. Surround with half cup of
water in a baking pan and bake
until tender.
Dutch Apple Cake-Sift two cups
of -four, three teaspoons of baking
powder, one teaspoon of salt and
one tablespoon of sugar, then add
the beaten yolks Of two eggs, three
tablespoons Of melted butter and
one cup of milk. Beat well, fold in
stifay beaten whites Of two eggs.
Spread the mixture on buttered
pans, one-half inch thick and lay
two rows Of apples cut into eighths
on top of dough. Sprinkle with
sugar and bake a half hour in hot
oven. May be served with or with
out lemon sauce.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22

the interests of his friends, and so the
Speaker was called upon to rule out
the fraudulent hat, and to insist on
the honest working headgear and the
bodily presence of the member as
conditions necessary to valid tenure.
There is no satisfaction in seeing a
member sit on his soft crush hat.
indeed, he has the best Of the joke,
which is unfair and mean to him. To
sit on a deerstalllor is to pay 1t a
compliment; to spoil the shape even
OF a bowler is to trifle with the House
and with ones opportunities. What
the House loves beyond anything is
to hear the hearty, cracEly crunch of
a silk hat.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
~ roursgo II Man and wonaa.

! Isg Uo0ssse h afaa ard Wonaa,
Women display courage in their
own incompatible fashion Typical
Of woman's method OF encountersng
danger is the story of the woman
who observed as she was concluding
her toilet for the night in the pres
1 ence of a burglar under her bed.
Without letting the man know that
J she had perceived him, this woman
| quietly put on her dressing gown
and knelt down at the bedside to say
her prayers. She prayed aloud. She
made her own personal intercessions
to heaven and then prayed for all
poor sinners living in the darkness of
estrangement from God, particularly
this unhappy man lying under my
bed, meditating the wickcdness OF
stealing and perhaps murder" This
woman saved the situation.
cannot imagine worse situation
than that Of certain steeplejack
who found himself one day at the top
of church steeple with a mailman
grinning into his eyes. The madman
was his mate Both men had been
at work on this steeple for many
days and had talked together while
they hung in the saddles with this
utmost accord, but on this particular
day one of the men looked up to see
madness in the eyes of his companion.
In that moment he was alone with
danger. No shout could avail. From
the street below he looked like a
spider snoozing in its web. The roofs
and chimneys Of the houses seemed
to be level with the ground. Higa
up in the loneliness of the empty air
he was alone with q mailman.
The man kept his wits about him,
and addressed some cheerful remarks
to his mate. The mailman only
grinned. The man babe him look
alive, that they might the sooner get
below and enjoy themselves. The
mailman chuckled, and announced
that they would get below in double
quick time, for that he was going to
jump from the steeple with his friend
In his arms.
The other laughed as If at a good
jest, and turned to his work. Then
he began pushing with his feet against
the steeple to get a swing into his
saddle; he meant to. grab the mad
man and hold him until help came
But the mailman was also swinging
his saddle, and before the sane man
realized his danger the madman's
fingers were closing round his throat.
They were swung in the dizzy air,
high over the unconscious city. By
something of a miracle the man founS
his hands clutching at his tool box
as he swept back. He grabbed ii,
made an upward thrust with his
strangled body and caught the mad
man jangling blow across the side
of his head. Then he clutched the
fellows body to save it from falling.
and after a moments breathing,
quietly lowered himself and his I'M
conscious mate to the ground be-
low.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-05-22
ON KNOWING ONES SELF

The agitation against inefi-
cheney of education of youth is not
new. In Fruits of Solitude"
maxims and reflections by William
Penn, the Quaker founder of
Pennsylvania, we find:
cit is admirable to consider how
many Millions of People come into,
and go out of the World, Ignorant
of themselves, and of the World
they have lived in.
eff one went to see Windsor
Castle, or Hampton Court, It would
be strange not to observe and re-
member the Situation, the Build
ing, the Gardens, Fountains, etc,
that make up the beauty of such a
Seat?
"And yet few People know them
selves; No, not their own Bodies,
the Houses Of their minds, the
most curious Structure of the
World; a living walking Taber-
nacle; Nor the World of which it
was made, and out. of which it is
fed; which would be so much our
Benefit, as we'll as our pleasure
to know ..
"The World is certainly great
and stately Volume Of natural
Things; and may be not improper
ly styled the Hieroglyphicks of a
better: But, alasl how very few
Leaves Of it do we seriously turn
overt
"This ought to be the subject
of the Education of our Youth,
who, at Twenty, when they should
be fit for Business, know little or
nothing of 1t.
"We are in Pain TO make
them Scholars, but not Menl"
Is PENIS terse criticism of
educational methods Of his
day. Is this criticism true to-
day?
"The first Thing obvious to
children is what is sensible; and
that we make no Part Of their rudi-
ments.
1--WE press their Memory too
soon, and puzzle, strain, and load
them with Words and Rules; to
know Grammar and Rhetorick, and
strange Tongue or two, that it
Is ten to one may never be useful
to them; Leaving their natural
Genius to Mechanical and Physical,
or natural knowledge uncultivated
and neglected; which would be of
exceeding Use and Pleasure to
them through the whole Course of
their Life.
"To be sure, Languages are not
to be despised or neglected, But
Things are still to be preferred.
Children had rather be making