The Seattle star. [volume], April 08, 1913, Image 1

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STAR WINS ITS FIGHT TO SEND SPEED FIENDS TO JAIL
JUST about tlx time the Council passed
Griffith' jatl-for-speedera ordinance,
Griffiths introduced-another asking for art
,6lition to the municipal bast tie Now,
jlnt'g our ulc.i of a man of judgment.
N«*t!
WILSON SWEEPS ASIDE PRECEDENT-TALKS TO CONGRESS FACE TO FACE
Tells 'Em Just What's What on Tariff Question; Sounds Death Knell for Monopoly
"Consciously or unconsciously, wf have built up a set of privilege** and exemptions from competition bl*hind which it was easy by any, even the crudest, forms of combination to orffunize monopoly; until at last
nothing i* normal, nothing is obliged to stand the tests of efficiency and economy in our world of big business, but everything thrives by concerted arrangement. Only new principles of action will save us from a
final hard crystallization of monopoly and a comply te loss of the influences that quicken enterprise and Iteep independent energy alive. We must abolish everything that bears even the semblance of privilege.
President Wilson.
rm-'
WASHINGTON \prll S K r the
M time l» 11* >ears. a president
it the foiled States today stood
rongress ami talked lo the
j, tK , n « reprv -"entallves and sen
fa*'*' ' 11 fact*
A4drv>»ing » Joint session of con
«»»>. Ib" president htvwl notice
in the Dirml'tTf that ho IntftuM
ca t through another precedent
work shoulder to shoulder
cttfc the nations lawmaker*.
"I am >«r> glad. Indeed," he aald.
Id tiava this opportunity to ad
jf,«. the two b :»ea directly, and
urifv the linprrsalou that the pre*-
yrc: to a person. not a mere de
|arw»"' of government. hailing
ASK SCHOOL BOARD
TO INCLUDE MUSIC
COURSE IN STUDIES
I *lf th« y«»ra could a'l coma back ;
ip,-. md my children ware agjin
icfcool age. I My. gentleman of
Ike sojrd, I would ba hare proteit
pj fighting with all the power
ettfciit me. fighting unyieldingly,
[ipiftst any rule to compel my chll
trtn to take up algebra and Latin."
1 It these word*. Judge 0 K
[Intsl'-r*. member of the S»at '•
|Nt comoilMlon. concluded a stir
titi to the Seattle school
laird Mcnrfay r.litht. fur the Intro
tKU aof a course In miaic an
jut of the regn'ar curriculum f
&* hich schools.
1 Judge H< msberg denounced al
,(ibra sad l atin aa the cause of i
Blum; the h*-altl. of many ctill (
#tn to whom these subje» ts w< r<'
lt»o value but who are compelled
to tike tfcem tn ord«'r to graduitc
trc ki*h si !;■ • He narrated boa
Vi D»r daughter's health was
Irtken down Sh< fond of
ißßic. be said, and took ltaaona
■Me of «. hooi.
Girt Tortures Heraelf
[Ky heart break as 1 think '>f
Is* she tortured herself with her
tlSfbra and Ijuln lessor,s because
her prld- would not permit her to I
kil behind hrr rlass." he said
t "Gantlemen. the schools are not
[aunu'.r.»d for the pur;>ose of m»k
k« profe*».nnal Ijvtln teachers, nr
Hfl-iir-. teachers, or music teach i
in They are here to contribute to
the tralldlng of home*, to make
wn and women, to make husbands (
lad wives The professionals can
le taken care of In tbe universities
b professional schools.
"And 1 say to you, that music en
km more into 'he necessaries of'
VINDICATE CITY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE
OF GRAFT IN GARBAGE
In a length)' opinion to the council. Corporation Conn**! Bradford
0i» mornlni: re ieved the health department of the kgal duty Btid re
Ooatlbllltv of enforcing the garbage collection contract with 1.. Kepetto,
■tweii Into July 10. 1911, and placed that obligation upon the l« ard or
)«Mlc work* . » i it
Thla practically eliminated the graft charge* from being cot a trued
l« any way againit Health Commlai>loo* r Crlchton
At the nan. time. Bradford distinctly bram.ed l!ie - oil. lion <>f pro
from Wemern tv aa garbage and a 10l of other mat'er, which
*»»«■ he. n branded aa 'contraband by wltne*re* during the probe. IU
kpn.;. r arti'!<« "f garbage collection Anythli g having :i reafonalne
Win* laid Hrndford, waa never contemplated to be collected by the
dty a* garbage ... ~
"Umall and large atone*, aoll and aand. ' aaid Bradford, ahould not
b* eoll*rl>4. '
Th» implication of th* *arbaK« collection rhar*"* will hp ron
ttnuH tomorrow morning, 9 30. No 1 tnef?***** were called today.
A "furrin ' gent with a foiK I>ui>i j> <>f curiosity,
whose investigation* arc rt?|K)rtcd exclusively in
this newspaper \>y his friend", Condo and Schaefer.
' iu Xr*~- »«om >
Thr Star Guarantees More Ilian 40,(XX)
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VOL. 15—NO. 34
congress from some Isolated stand
of Jealous power, sending rues
Mu»,es a:ul not speaking naturally
and with his own voice, that he la
b human being trying to cooperate
with other human beings In a com
nton service After this pleasant
experience 1 shall feel quite nor
mal In our dealings with one an
other."
When the house gallrry waa
opened at 10 a m , 300 women, car
rylng cards of admission, stood out
side Wives and daughters of the
members, arrayed In spring finery,
pushed and hauled In a mad rush
for seats. Cards of admission
brougl from f£> to |I 0
Capitol officials took moving pic
tures of President Wilson's visit.
the homo tban w« have been rred
tttiiK It
•'Does It mean anything that
thousands of people crowded the
auditorium and the grounds nntßlJ*"
during the Fair to h<*it the nioiltil
celebrities* Does It mean any
thlnK that the park* are crowded
wheu the band* play' From the
cradle to the Kin*", inualc entura
into our Uvea.
If it U neceaaary to eliminate
some other subject In order to
make room for teaching music lit
the high school. I nay. »lth the sin
Cerest conviction that I am right,
cut otit Initio or algebra. or lioth
H msberg. I'rof C W K:.l»tner
and I'r ' Turn tern, apptarln* In
Im half of 'he t'lef club snd the
Musical Art m» iety, submitted a pe
tition signed by 3,000 persons. ask
In* tha' credit be Riven for music,
taken Qttinlde of school, 'hi" sjune
a* for any other high school sub
ject. Judg? Wlnsor. »ix-laili«t ni"*tiv
ber of th« t.oard. ssld that the high
achool ahould Itself take charge of
a course In tuuslc. which students
may elect as a substitute for some
other subject.
3 NEGROFS FIGHT
OVER WHITE WOMAN
BACRAMKNTO April* A« the
rtault of >» quarrel o*er two white
women. John Moitoy. » micro 1*
d-ad her* tod»y. ami Altwr' llurk
-1 h*r<!t. another oenro. I» In the hos
pital with a bullet wound In hi*
» boulder, while George Wilton, a
third r.« KD, who did the phnotlnK,
1 la be In* nounht by the police.
Mr. Reader,
Meet
Mr. Skygack
That's
All
rHOIIAm.T KAIII TONIIIIIT ANI> W i:i >NI ;:■»!> AY . 1.1(11 IT VAHIAIIIi: WINU;' MONTI.Y NOHTIIKIIIiY
The Seattle Star
THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE
For the flrat time since the Span
lab American war, Admiral Dewey
sat on tho floor of the houae. a prlv
liege accorded him by congress
En routs to ths capltol, Pres
ident Wtlsvn Insisted that Jim
my Sloan, chief of the secret
service men at the White
House, ride on the sest with
him Instead of on the front
seat with the hcauffeur
In hla message Wilson said. In
pan
"I have railed congress together
In extraordinary session because a
duty was laid upon the party now
In power at the recent elections
which it wight to perform prompt
ly, In order that the burden carried
SELECT JURY IN
TRIAL OF FURTH
BELUNOHAM. Whhli Ai.rll It
The Jury to try Jacob Rurtb, the
Seattle banker, for conaplracy in
aldlnK W E. Hehrlcker to reeetve
depoalta after the bank* failure
probably will not be aeleetid until
tomorrow The examination of Jui
ora Ik helri* rnrefullv ma I", both
by the atairf and the attorney* for
defense
After apeiidlnc all of yeaterday,
only one venireman liad been panned
by both aide* and even he la aub-
Jert to peremptory <iiallenge j
The rlefenae in Inquiring of every
prospective Juror If he or ihe la
a reader of Tl « Htar.
WE'LL VOTE ON
SENATORS NOW
HARTFORD, Conn., April 8
—The amendment to tha feder
al constitution providing for
the direct election of U. S aen
atora became effective today
whan the ieglalatura ratified
the amendment. Connecticut
made the 30th atate to ratify
the amendment, thla number
making It operative
JOHN MAY PARENTS' AND
TEA< MRUS' aoelety will meet at
Ihe John Hay achoul Wctlnuaduy at
3 o'clock. * , ,
SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, APRIL 8. I<Jl3
by the people under existing law
may be lightened as soon as |um
slide. and In order, also, that the
business Interests of the country
may not be kept too long In sus
pense as to what the fiscal chanKM
are to he to which they will be re
quired to adjust themselves.
"It Is clear to the whole country
that the tariff duties must In*
altered They must be changed lo
meet the radical alteration In the
condltlona of our economic uf„
which the (ountry hss witnessed
within the last generation
"Consciously or uueons<letis)y,
we ha»e hullt up a set of privilege*
and exemptions from competition
behind which It w»s easy bjr any.;
even the crudest. forms of com
STAR WINS ITS FIGHT TO
IMPRISON SPEED FIENDS;
NEW ORDINANCE PASSED
Forced by an overw helming pub-1
He sentiment and by th« rrusade #(
The Star, member* of lb" rounrll
yesterduy fell all over each other,
after a month's delay. In their
hurry to imp* the Griffith* speed
era' bill, a* amended by the public,
safely committee
The trieaxitre was |ia»*eil unanl
motiHly without debate or dlnctif
*lon. although a eommlttee appoint
ed at tha I Diversity dlxlrlet mat*
Heigh, ho! What does he
mean now?
Councilman Griffiths wants to
know how the city Jail can be
enlarged Having secured the
passage of his bill to give motor
spe.ucrs a peek at the inside of
the cllj jail, he now has a reao
lutlon in the council directing
the puollc saf#ty committee ta
report ways and mean* to make
the Jail Digger, ai,d to provide
better sanitary ci-na tions.
The resolution was referred to
a committee.
mNtltK had prepared to make a
vigorous fight for It.
Ah the bill now stands, It will be
optional with the judge to impose
either a jail sentence or fin . or
both. In raw s of first offenders.
It will be mandatory upon tho
judge to Impose both a jail scntencs
and a fine, not exceeding JO days
ONE CENT
jlilnatlon to orgiutlte monopoly
until at last nothing Is normal
"We must abolish everything
thst bears even the semblance
of privilege or of any kind of
artificial advantage, and put
our buslneis men and pro
ducers under the stimulation of
a constant necessity to be ef
ficient, economical and enter
prising, masters of competitive
supremacy, better workers snd
merchants than any In the
world. Aside from the duties
laid upon articles which we do
not, and probably can not, pro
duce. therefore, and the duties
laid upon luxuries and merely
for the sake of the revenues
they yield, the object of the
THE FINISH
OF THE
■SPEED
FIEND
I The Griffiths liill tins been tip
In fore the council on four separate
and not over $100, after the first
offente.
occasions It was referred hark to
tln> public safety committee three
times on the request of the Seattle
Automobile club, which, while dis
claiming any speed mania never
i Iheless. "\lewod with alarm" the
Jail sentence feature.
The death of Utile Dorothv "Went
hrounhi the speed menace straight
borne to the council, after the
whole city hid been stirred up
and h man* meeting had been held.
Klnes Imposed b> Judge Oordon,
at the rate of 11! for each mile In
excess of the legal rale, netted 1210
Monday. Twelve more speed vl >-
lators, autolsts and motorocllßta,
will come u|i before Judge Oordon
today.
Signifying an Intention to help
correct tic speed aim e tli<> Seat
i tie Motorcycle club has recommend
ed the appointment of one of Its
officers. K. 1/ Moore, as special po
lice officer, Tho council ratified
the appointment.
INHALES GAS; DIES
I. W. Davis, Marmouth apart
ments, 4L' years old,.hilled himself
Monday afternoon :it a 1 .<- <hi I'ark
boathoiiKe 11) Inhaling pn;:
Dhvlh, who recently came from
PlltshuiK. hiiß been In poor heallli
and huu uwt with financial losses,
ttS IN A ll* * A Nil
ftr \\ ■Ik I A 111 %•
tariff duties henceforth laid
must he effective competition,
the whetting of American wits
by contest with the wits of the
rest of the world 1
It required but a little over eight 1
mlnutis fur the president to make I
his opening remarks and deliver 1
Ills message to congress. Am soon 1
as he hud finished reading. Wilson i
returned to the White House, the,
entire proceedings consuming only |
37 minutes. I
At 118 the house adjourned to 1
Thursday The senators returned I
to their own chamber, and, after I
transacting brief routine business, j <
adjourned to tomorrow
The president s address was re- j I
gsrded by congress as one of the 1
POPE STRICKEN;
HAS HIGH FEVER
Hjr Wlr»
ROME. April B.—Declared to
be suffering from an acute at
tack of Bright'* disease, Pope
Plua was suddenly stricken
with sickness again this morn
ing, according to reliable In
formation. A high fever ac
companies the attack.
Hla condition I* growirg
worse this afternoon, according
to a report. At 3:30 p. m.,
Rome time, Dr. Marchiafava,
the chief Vatican doctor,
was again called. He remained
an hour at the pope's bedside.
The chief Vatican doctor was
In attendance on him through
out the niflht and this morning.
Visitors are barred. Dr.
Msrchlfavla said today that the
pontiff's temperature was 100
last night. The pope's two sis
ters spent two hours at the
pontiff's bedside this morning
and were crying when they left
the Vatican.
SUFFRAGE BEATEN
AGAIN IN MICHIGAN
DKTIIOIT, April B.—lncomplete
returns In tho Htato election! re
ceived hero early today, Indicate
the probable defeat of suffrage by
a lair.f margin, the success of the
republican ticket ami a notable do
or6U€ lii. Hio atrenKth of tta® pro*
| KreHHlvi'H Mont of the counties in
treuacU (bilt adverse suffrage vote.
HOME EDITION
most remarkable ever delivered
before an American legislative
body Benitors and congressman
were pleased More than 200 cane
seats were placed In the aisles of
the chamber and numerous con
gressmen, f'-arlng they would be
unable to reach their si ats because
of the crowds, arrived at the cup-
Itol two hours before the president
was scheduled to speak
Tho president's attitude was ro
gardedas as bold, but evidently his
hearers appreciated the fact that
they were dealing with an execu
tive who believed his cause a Just
one. The president was Inclined to
l>e a trifle nervous, hut he realized
that he was delivering the message
to the people at large rather than
U. S. ARMY AVIATOR
IS KILLED IN FALL 1
" sAN DIEGO. April' B.—-Lieut. Rex
Chandler. U. 6. aviation eorp*. wsg
killed In a hydro-aeroplane accident
today. The machine was being
driven by Lieut. Louis H. Brereton.
who was taken to a hospital not
seriously Injured.
It Is said Chandler was drowned.
Lieut. Chandler camo here from
iNew Orleans.
r POI)AY we print on page 3 a very inter -
eating letter asking that Seattle ac
quire an aquarium in which to show the
rare members of the genus piace* to the Se
attle public. Step aboard!
WHATS THE
ANSWER?
King county paid $8,147.50 for ex
huming 3,260 bodies of pauper dead,
and their delivery to the crematory, in
39 days.
State Examiners Tatro and Lieben, in
an official report on file at Olympia, say
that "the task of disinterring 3,260
bodies from graves averaging 2\{>xsx6
feet seems insurmountable" in that
number of days.
What is the answer?
The contract for this $8,147.50 was
awarded by County Commissioners
Hamilton and Rutherford, without bids,
at a quiet meeting, to which County
Commissioner David McKenzie was not
invited. The meeting was not held on a
regular business day of the county com
missioners. IT WAS HELD ON SAT
URDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1912, THE
SAME DAY HAMILTON AND RUTH
ERFORD PURCHASED A DOCKSITE
FROM S. H. BARBEE, WHEREBY
THE COUNTY WAS STUNG TO THE
TUNE OF A MYSTERIOUS $5,000.
The contract was handed to one J. H.
Mendenhall, who described himself as
manager of the American Contracting
Co., a company of no fixed identity.
Just how Mendenhall got wise to the
crematory contract, although no bids
were advertised for. is one of those curi
ous mysteries which a grand jury might
clear up.
MENDENHALL, HOWEVER, DID
NOT COLLECT THAT $8,147.50.
MRS. FRANCES M. NOICE GOT THE
MONEY THROUGH AN ASSIGN
MENT OF THE CONTRACT TO HER.
MRS. NOICE IS THE WIFE OF THE
FORMER COUNTY UNDERTAKER.
H. S. NOICE, THE POLITICAL ALLY
AND WARM CHUM OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONER HAMILTON.
All evidence of the exact number cre
mated has been destroyed.
The state examiners find that "THE
COUNT WAS ONLY MADE BY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UN
DERTAKER AND THE MAN IN
CHARGE OF THE CREMATION."
In many cases the bones of several
bodies were placed in one box and thus
cremated. The ashes of different bod
ies were surreptitiously mingled in a
heap upon the floor, and the labeled
identifications of the ashes in the recep
tacles in the county crematory are noth
ing but ghastly lies.
"The whole transaction," say# the
state report, "from letting the contract
without advertising for bids to the pay
ment of claims without proper proof
thereof, is beyond understanding."
IT IS BEYOND UNDERSTANDING
NOW. RUT MAYRE A GRAND JURY
COULD CLEAR IT UP.
to his h«-ar<T*.
His face wii paler than
usual as he read from hi* mar*
uscript. The message was
typewritten on small. Inconspic
uous strips of paper. In the
first few words Wilson's voice
was husky, but It cleared rap
idly.
Most of the senators nodded
their approval of hit remarke
as he spoke, and smiled out
right as he mentioned the low
tariff.
Tin* iirntrcllonlrt* were plainly,
dlapleau'd Htn Ixxlw *at u;irt*ht.
twlrllnt? lilt flng'-rs, hla face hard
and »et Th<; oth«-r republicans
plainly tbemaHvea under ft
Htrain <lurlii« the addre«».
!EXPECT RELEASE
OF MRS. PANKHURST
LONDON, April B—Oreatljr
weakened I v her refusal to par
'take of food, the release of Mr*, 1
j Knnuellne l'ankhurst, the militant,
suffragette leader sentenced to
three years'•lmprisonment for la*'
ntlpntiiiK tlu> dynamiting; of Lloyd
(lcorKc'rt country home, from llok
lowav prison was expected hourly
today. A room hnH been
j for iier at u private hospital. a