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UTTLE.TON, Colo.—When the flame of life is flickering in
the cold sweep of the black wind from the shoreless darkness
outside the world—is a friend or relative ever justified in
blowing it out completely artd giving it rest from its useless
struggles ?
Is there such a thing as merciful murder? "And, if there is.
when is one justified, if ever, in committing it?
These questions are raised by the trial here of Dr. Harold
Elmer Blazer on a charge of murdering his daughter, Hazel.
Dr. Blazer, admitting that he ended the girl’s life, defends
his act.
Hazel Blazer was about 30. She had suffered an attack
of spinal meningitis in her youth and it left her a hopeless,
cripple. She weighed scarcely 90 pounds. She could not
clothe herself, could not walk or even sit up-could only get
exercise when she was placed on the floor and allowed to roll
around.
Burden to Self and Others,
She was, i$ short, a burden to herself and her relatives. That
is admitted by state and defense. The only question to be de
cided is whether Dr. Blazer’s act was a. crime or an act of
mercy. ‘, ■■ •
Dr. Blazer is not the first to take a life in this manner.
A couple of years ago a Polish actress, Mile. Stanislaw Umin
ska, shot and killed her fiance, Jean Zinowski, in Paris. Zin
owski was slowly dying of cancer.
“I killed him through mercy and pity for his sufferings,” .he
told the court. “Often he begged me to put an end to his
martyrdom."
It took the jury just three minutes to acquit her. No question
of her sincerity was raised by the prosecution, which contented
itself with holding that the taking of human life was never
"justified.
Then, shortly afterward, another young Parisian, Anna Le
vasseur, a dressmaker, killed her sister to relieve her suffering’
from a disease the doctors had pronounced incurable, She,
too, was heeded when she pleaded that she killed through
love.
Such Cases Not Unknown Here.
In America, too, such cases are not unknown. Not a great
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while after the two trials in Paris an Iowan named Will Dunn,
aged 40, a West Point graduate and World War hero, killed
his aged father and mother and then ended his own life. Ip. a
note he explained that both were incurably ill and sufferin’'
greatly anc! that he had done it "for their own good.’ T<>
prove his love for them he committed suicide, his note added
concluding, ‘‘I’m willing to sacrifice my life for them.
Sister Shot Brother.
Then, shortly after that, an English vicar. Rev. W. G. C.
Bettison, shot himself in an attempt at suicide. Instead of in
STUDENTS FIND NOVEL
WAY IN WHICH TO EARN
, COLLEGE EDUCATION
Cleveland, 0„ Nov. 19.—Some
-college students are cake eaters,
and some wear flappy pants and
have done just enough studying
to know that ten yards make a
first down. I
But here and there are serious |
ambitious young men, and women
who want a college education
more than they want anything
else in the world—who are
ing to pay any sort of price for
one —, And it’s these people auout
whom this story is written.
There are more ways of earning
an education than waiting on ta
hies or staking the hoarding house
furnace. For example:
One young chap sells his blood
■at hospitals.
' v Another is preaching to earn
his expenses.
A girl is making and selling po
tato chips.
Another girl' is running a
laundry agency.^
All 'Sorts of Jobs
And so on—every sort of job
that you can imagine is turned to
by these young people, who some
how have the odd idea that
goes to . college „ , to study, . , not . to .
have a good time. For they are
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Left, Mile. Stanislaw Tminska. Center, Dr. Harold Blazer. Right, Dr. Hurry Ilaiselden.
In his spare moments he studies
law at the university.
College is no gay round of
pleasure for these young people.
It means lots of hard work.
But they’re getting something
out of it besides a collection of
dance programs and membership
in a Greek letter fraternity.
French Movie Theatres
Have Modern Ventilation
Paris, Nov. 10. (AP)—Ar open
window creates a panic almost
anywhere in a French theatre
and as there are no meanK of me
chanical ventilation, foreigners
winter and ,.nn?r
aHke As smokin|? i s ^rmittM in
virtually all moving picture nouSes I
and many theatres, ventilation is j
necessary,
j^ ew mo {i on picture’ houoeo un
( j er construction here and in other
French cities for American pic
ture companies will 1 oe equipped
with every sort of modern ven
tilating equipment.
Roy Kendrick, of Zeb'ulon, spent
Saturday afternoon in Griffin
youngsters whose parents can’t
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afford to pay their way.
Miss Erma V. Shrnnplin, of Col
umbus, 0., is going to graduate
from Ohio Stata University next
year. She’s carrying 16 hours of
collegiate work a week—a heavy
schedule.
To earn-her expenses, she makes
and sells, potato chips.
morning at C she goes to her|
little shop to peel and s l' ce:
enough potato chips to fill 25 doz-j
waxod, Ra,per hags. At 19
she gets into a light delivery I
truc k and delivers her consign-i
ments. By noon she returns t0 1
her work shop frying ; sets ch,ps . an tor a88ls ^ ant n ^
and then to th .
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versity to classes. They take all
afternoon. All evening she studies.
Not much free time. But she’s
getting an education.
Or consider the case oi J. Mil
ton Goss of Tyrone, Pa., who is
attending Carnegie Institute ol j
Technology. He has only one arm,
couldn’t get an ordinary job.
So’he sells his blood to’ Pittsburg
hospitals for transfusion opera
tiong Re gets %2h for cac h trans
fusion. . _. This is . _ putting v,™ him
through college. He’ll graduate m
June.
No picnic, perhaps, but he’s get
ting an education.
C. A. Postlewaite, a student at
the University of Kansas, is handy
with a paint brush. So he paints
varied designs on the backs of the
flaming slickers affected by his
fellow students, 'and earns enough
money to put him through nicely.
Miss Ida Lunrquist of Middl<v
jton, Calif., is in Leland Stanford
] University. She waits on table for
I her board, and acts as agent for
two laundry concerns in gvrious
dormitories. This gives her money
to defray her other xpeases.
Keeping Him Busy
Leon T. David is another stu
dent at Stanford who has no
money except that which he can
earn while attending school. Hs
acts as custodian of the Men’s
Union there, reports university
news for an out of town news
paper, sells secondhand books, acts
as a chemistry assistant and
serves as a recorder in the reg
istrar’s office.
There’s a third student at Lc
land Stanford who has a novel
way of getting through college.
His name, oddly enough, is Leland
Stanford, though he’s no relation
to the founder of the college, and
he preaches every SuVidny in
'Methodist church al San Bruno.
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and the activity to i> irr> ■ L u iiey
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want ot rich re(] - r ,j, u his
1 impoverished condition of th, iod
that causes so many failures fe.
There’s no place : . the top i the
weakling t- the tm antf '■ ion
with poor, weak blood.
Buildup your blood! Get, .he
red-blooded class—and get t! re
wards you deserve, is. f w l do
it for you! S. S. S. helps i tare
build millions of ri d-blood-C'd's!
S. S. S. sends rich, red bio a tin
gling to every fibre of your body
and every pore of your skin. You
are fairly radiant with energy, vim
and vitality..
You’ll look like u< too! Tho
rich, red blood that S . X
Nature build for you
will ’clear your skin
of any.ugly blemishes
— you r ey es will
sparkle with enthusi
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figure — strength and power will
come to weak, flabby muscles. •
All drug stores sell S. B. S. The
larger bottle Is more cuyuomicaL
14 SHIPS OFF
GOTHAM WITH
HOLIDAY R! TA-T
New York, Nov. 10. (AP)
ships of the rum row
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Hiding a fatal wound, however, he merely mangled his face
and fell on the floor of his study in agony. His sister. Miss
Dorothy Bettison, found him thus. She heeded his pleas to
put him out of his agony, and shot him to death.
But the case aroused the most attention of all was slightly
different from these. It involved the Jj»te Dr. Harry J. Haisel
den, of Chicago, and the infant child of a family named Bol
linger.
The baby was defective from birth. It was hopelessly crip
pled and imbecilic, with no prospect that it ever could be made
iormal. Among its many physical defects was one that would
cause it to die speedily unless an operation was performed.
Dr. Haisclden told the parents that he could operate and
save the child's life, but that it would always be a cripple and
very likely would be an idiot as well. Should he operate or
let it die?
They asked his advice. He urged that the baby be allowed
to die. They consented and it did.
A storm of public sentiment poured in, some favorable and
some unfavorable. A coroner's jury found the doctor justified,
but the Chicago Medical Society forced him out of its member
ship.
Doctors generally are strongly against the taking of life to
ending suffering. As some doctor remarked after the two Pari*
cases:
"It is never absolutely certain that a patient is going to die.
Suppose a patient is at the point of death from tuberculosis;
low IS the doctor to know that within the next 24 hours some
cure for tuberculosis witt not be discovered?"
Pity Murderers Seldom Punished.
That seems to express the attitude of the medical pro
fession.
And the general public? The only way to judge its atti
tude is to note that these "pity murderers" seldom are puish
ci. A verdict of not guilty is usually returned.
Some men have suggested that the law be amended to make
1 egL.1 to kill to end sufferings. Others, however, have pointed
it that many crimes could be hidden under this mask—that
rich old man, for example, could easily be removed by
signing relatives who wished to inherit his fortune, or that
unscrupulous husband could dispose of an invalid wife with
. ;t risking punishment.
And there the matter stands.
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is murder ever jusified? Was Dr. Blazer right in killing his
daughter?
The jury will return its verdict in a few days. But, which
iVCT way it decides, society will still go on trying to settle this
a tost puzzling case of ethics.
a replenishment. Business goes
e,n during their absence.
Skippers returning from the
i reoprt that not only has the
group off New York grown to
fourteen in number, but that four
vessels are hovering near Boston
an,! others farther South.
Coast guard captains name the
^' boonars Ameer, Almud, Osher,
A! buna, Waltz, Assay, Eland, and
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2
K, as among members of
fleet off New York.
The first of the thirteen 100
P^rol boats under construc
^ * or t} > e coa8t ^ uard at
City, Mich., is on the way for
service in New York waters. The
others will follow shortly.
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Mrs. Charles Posey, of Brooks,
was shopping in Griffin Saturday.
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