The Seattle star. [volume], December 27, 1913, Image 1

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IT'S FINE, ALL RIGHT, TO BOOST FOR SEATTLE, BUT—!
'•Roost!" shout the railroads and the real
estate men. Boost for the Coast, boost for
the Northwest, boost for Seattle!
Fine! Ihe Star's voice will be heard in
every honest boosting chorus.
But —
Unemployment on the Coast is a fact that
can't be blinked.
More Than
41,000
Circulation Every Day
You Can See Sights Like This
Below Yesler Way Any Day
A Crowd of Worklngmen Waiting In Front of en Employment Of
flee In Seattle for a Job— Any Kind of a Jobl The Scene Is Typical of
Almost Every Pacific Coast City. Above the Men Fleunts the Blue
•anner of a United States Recruiting Station, Adveetising for Men. and
Qaudy Posters Eatol In Olowlng Print and Colors the Pose<billtles of the
Army. In This Way Unele Sam Mopes to Entice a Few of the Hopeless
Army Into Hie War Service.
'SWAT THE RAT' IS
NEWEST SLOGAN
LET'S GET THESE RATSI
In The Star's uia.ll today was a
lonf typewritten appeal from a
"eltt*ens' committee,' signed by
many prominent physicians and
business men, urging us to help In
exterminating all rata
"Nobody lores a rat," says 'ho
appeal, and that In true No nor
mal person wouM care to fondle a
rat Ra's are not nice Hats'
The "citizen*' eommltte< ' counts
upon "the universal batre<l of th«
nseless. tb<' lUnMfni.
the malignant rodent" for nirrw"-
In the war of «>itermin»tlon, which
It propone* Oh, rod»nt»'
The Rata Must Ota
Rata carry disease It*'« do
■ troy hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of food stuffs annually
Economic necessity a* well as the
public health demand* that the
rata muat die
Down with all rat*' Off with
their heads'
Joking aalde. rat* are NOT nice
They serve no useful purpose.
While The Star ordinarily Is In
clined to take Dr. CrlchU>n's fore
t. dings »nd alarum* anent bubonic .
lagues and suchlike peril* with a
HARGE WOMAN BETRAYED GIBLS
l/) 8 AN'OtI.KH, l)«<. 27 Maid
to have feigned repentance to kslii
admittance to the Hllcreat rescue
horn" here. to pr«sv upon fallen Kirl*
who had determin'-d' to lead honeat
lhc*. EdMh Vlckery. 4'. alleged
procures* and former mlatreaa of
disreputable iiou- <• ~. <>' ' utile* a Jail
cell today, pending th« - filing of
formal charge* agalnat h'-r
Ttio woman appeared three daya
at a minion maintained by the
Kazarene church
Following the meeting, which *»*
attended b. fh>- Klrl* at the reiicne
home, ih" nobbed <>it h repentance
and begged fur admittance to On*
V rrie to begin Mf*» anew.
l4t>n yeaterday Matron Hllbech
of the hoit;" d"-:iand<'d <»f the pollci*
PICK HAMILTON INVESTIGATORS
A thorough investigation of the county commlanloner* office h,in
* h"-n decided on b> the Meattl* Coflnnerdttl Club, which met fMtftday
afternoon to appoint a committee to handle th»' piob"
The men who will conduct the Investigation are Vivian M Carkeek,
chairman, <"ol J. M. Hawthorne, A. T. Hatenburg, A. J£. fcullor aud (J.
A. Kw«il
VOLUME 15. NO 260
grain of *alt. this newspaper. for
once, find* lta»lf In agreement
with Seattle * Jutnpy health com
mies loner.
Still pursuing the serious
vein, we would point out that
rats are "vermin," that they
multiply rapidly, that they DO
carry disease, that they are
predatory and destructive, and
that we can't understand what
the Infinite Wisdom was think
rng about when It put them on
the earth In the first place.
80 The Star a«ks It* many read
ers to harden their hearts and sla
rats. Shut your eyes to their suf
fering Close your »«r* t" their
pleUms appeals AND KILL!
KILL! KILL!
• • • • •
The citizens' committee
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that they nrresl the woman
Tho matron assorted that three '>f
her girls had told her that Mrs
Vlckery was using every means al
hor command to persuade them to
return to an evil life
Mho had offered, the matron said,
to "place them" In San Francisco
or send them to the Orient
JOY FOR TOTS!
—
Two hundred and fifty poor ' tail
j rlren were made happy Friday
! night as a result of the efforts of
| the Volunteer* of America, who
rave a Christmas celebration In
i their hall.
And what, Mr. Average Man. is behind
this fine const and civic pride of the rail
roads and the real estate men?
The railroads want to sell tickets. The
real estate men want to sell land. Others
hope still further to "glut the man market"
and to "bring down the price of sweat and
muscle."
The Seattle Star
ARMY OF JOBLESS ON PACIFIC COAST!
WE'RE PAYING PRICE FOR LYING "ADS"
There art as many unemployed on the Pacific coast this winter at
the entire standing army of the United States
In California the number appro nlmetee 100,000.
San Francisco's Jobless are estimated at 20,000; thoaa In Lot An
galea at 3S.OOO: Portland's 16,000. and Seattle'e about 20.000
And on the heels of *hla congestion of Mit destitute in the larger
dtlea, has followed the biggest crime wave In year*.
Harassed by hunger and responaiblllty for distressed families, thou
aande of law abiding men are on the brink of desperate mtaaurct
In Portland they have already begun to "rueh ' the reetaurante, de
manding food
The calling of a special seeelon of the legislature to deal with the
acute problem la being u. g»d in California, local relief measures having
proven entirely Inadequate
HUSBAND, SON AND MANY FRIENDS BID DR.
HAZZARD GOODBYE AS SHE GOES TO PEN
Her# Are Shown Dr. Haxurd and Some of fht Friend® Who Went to the King Bt. Station to See Her Off for the Penitentiary.
Or Hejzard If Holding a Bouquet of Carnations. The Tall Men on Her Left la Her Hueband; the Shorter Man on Her Right la Her
Son. Mr«. Mary Edwards, Who Accompanied Or. Haxxard to Walla Walla, It Wearing a Leopard In Coat.
By Fred L. Boalt
J)r I.inifn Hiirfield Hazard, the "taster," left Seattle
for Walla Walla yesterday afternoon to begin tier sentence
of from two to 20 year* in tlie penitentiary for the man
slaughter of Claire Williamson, a patient
No guard went with her. She was accompanied by a
friend, Mrs Mary Kdward*
A large company of friend* and patients went with her
as far as the King M station to say goodby, among them
the convicted woman' husband and son Ihe party ar
rived half an hour before train-time.
An uninformed observer would have guessed that they
were a jovial group come to wish "bon voyage" to one of
their number who was going on a pleasant journey.
Dr. Hazzard, dressed in a plain traveling suit
and carrying a huge bouquet of pink carnations,
gravely kissed each member of the party and patted
with her gloved hand the cheeks of two small chil
dren who had come with their mother and who
sensed vaguely the tragedy hid behind smiling hps'
and brave words of leave taking.
Then I)r. Hazzard turned to her husband, a
tall, soldierly man. He could not speak. The tears
coursing down his cheeks, he took her in his arms
and kissed her.
She patted his arm "Don't worry, dear," was
all she said.
Only the son now was left.
"As far as the train, mother, pleasel" he begged.
Together they passed through the gate—mother
and son and the friend who was to accompany the
convicted woman to the prison gate.
Once she turned and waved her bouquet to tht>se watch
ing mutely from the other side of the station fcrtce, the
stout, high bar* of which were so like a prison's
At the train steps she paused.
"My boy, my boy!"
She kissed him, smiling steadily? then pushed him al
most roughly from her
"I'll take good <are of your mother," Mrs Kdward*
promised.
At the U ' moment a new paper photographer dashed
through the gat* and \Jr Max/.ird laughitiglv turned to face
the camera
"Who is she?" asked the train conductor
"|)r Hazzard," replied the camera man.
The conductor whistled softly
"So that's the faster, eh? Well, whatevei else she is,
khe's game! * * * All abo-o-oard!"
RAIN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY; HKISK SOUTHEAST WINDS
THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THA I DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS
SEATTLE. WASH. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1913
You have a job. An idle man on the
ground wants it.
The railroads are trying to coax two more
men to come from the East to "the land of
opportunity," and bid for it.
The Star does not believe in that kind of
boosting.
This is a fine country —for us.
Thi» it part of the price the weit coast
is paying for the alluring but lying adver
tisements of big business to flood the man
markets of California, Oregon and Wash
ington—to bring down the price of muscle
and sweat—as well as the enticements of
big real estate corporations.
Hope of employment with the 1915 expoaltlon has greatly stimu
lated the Influ* In San Fiancltco. Here certain railroad advertisements
are blamed
The futility of this hope It apparent In the announcement of the ex
position comptroller that there art already over 22.000 ippllcanto on
the waiting list.
LAUNDRIES WON'T
WORK. AFTER ALL
The Star told Friday how Se
attle laundry managers were
plsnnlng to work thslr girls
Sunday.
How they had let 'em off
Christmas, and were going to
put 'em through the paces for
another eight hours to get their
full week's work out of them,
nut todny It appears that they
aren't going In do It. after all.
It's against the state la*, savs
Prosecution Attorney John Murphy
Will Make Test Case
"Any laundryman who trio* it will
ho arrested.'' Murphy told The
SENTENCE BANDIT TO BE HANGED
I,OH ANOKIjBS. Dee. 37 John
Boatlok pleaded guilty in the su
perlor oourt today 10 a (kMe of
murdering Traveling I'nssenger
WILL FIX BLAME
Coroner T. Mason ami Deputy
Coroner II K. MacDotiald will leaVi
for Black Diamond tomorrow for an
IntpioHt to determine responsibility
for the dent* of two miners killed
In an explosion, last Tuesday, tt
Hlaek Diamond mine No 11. I
TAX! SMASHED ,
S (! Cordell, 40'Ji; Woodland I'arfcl
av . driver of a Heaitle Taxlcah Co.
car. wan painfully bruised and his i
car demolished last night In a col«<
Union with e Seattle, Kenton i
Houthern car, at I'lfth av. and .lack
son »l.
AMC ft'MT ON TWAIN* AWt>
i *rw« *rANr>« Br
Star "I'll make a test ran* out of
It. anil I am pretty mire I can con
vict them.
"The Sunday observance law ei
cepta certain establishments, surh
an carages. drug stores and the like.
thi« operation of which Is considered
a necessity. Hut In no way ran I
see that the running of a laundry
on Sunday la n necessity."
After The Star wit Issued
Friday, managers of the Model,
the Supply, the Independent
and the Domestic laundries
called up to say they are not
among those Intending to Insist
on Sunday work. ,
\>;eiit llornre K Montague on a
Sunt hern I'arlflc trip which he
held up near Kl Monte Hp was
sentenced to he hangad.
Is Lonpr- Winded
Proem osticat or
\. Dee 27. The
peoplo on thi» earth In A. D 15,001,
91 I will die of eold, I'rof Krle Doo
1111le, University of Pennsylvania
astronomer, has predicts
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|TORM WAR NI MO3
, | Southeast dorm . warning*
| were ordered displitV fd ;i| 7 J
'! 111. at flic nututh of III"
I hill rl\i land 111 :i 11 Wssli I'igion
i I Hcaporu-, Storm ■fiproaeriltiß
I llrltlsh fVilumhln. movliiK eas:
ward, will cause hluh southeast |
| winds today utid tonight.
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The Star owns no railroad stock, never
dabble* in real estate, and has no concern
in the man-market.
The Star has more than 200,000 readers.
Our duty is to them. Of them only are we
afraid. The facts concerning unemployment
on the Coast printed below were carefully
gathered and they are true.
Let's be selfish!
Portland, normally the winter stamping ground of thousands of idli
timber and conatruction workers, suspended at this season, has watched
tha problem grow even more acute this year.
Seattle flnda Itself In a similar situation, with hordes seeking •
hand-to-mouth existence.
"The hardest winter In year*"—everywhere this disquieting stile
ment Is being made.
The holidays brought out the sharp contrast between joyous opu
lence and abject distress in blunt fashion, the shoppers running the
gauntlet of the army of destitute, exieting on street doles.
In growing alarm, municipalities have paased emergency employ
ment and charity measures, but
NO STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN F£>R A FUNDAMEN
TAL SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT,
INCREASING EVERY YEAR.
PRESIDENT OF
MINERS SHOT!
Moyer Attacked and Expelled From
Copper Strike Town; Declares He
Was Shot in the Back.
MII.WAt'KEK, Dec l~. —Buffeting from two bullet wound* In W»
shoulders and on* in hi* head. President Charlee H. Moyer of the
Western Federation of Miners arrived her* today.
H« wo direct from the Michigan copper country, whence
he said he waa expelled iait night, after being ehot, frightfully
beaten, and aubjected to groea indlgnltlee at the hands, he ae
aerted. of member* of the Cltlxene' alliance, an organization
formed with the purpose of maintaining order In the copper
region during the pending miners' strike.
Hell'* about to pop In the copper country," Moyer announced, lb
he atep|»*d from bis train. ' The miners are thirst Inn for revenue, but
I hope to return In time to prevent them from doing anything to Injnro
their cause "
TELLS STORY OF ATTACK IN HOTEL ROOM
Asked concerning the attack on him. and his expulsion, Moyct
said:
"Organlier Tanner and I were In our room in the droit hotel, at
Hancock. Sheriff Oruie called. He demanded that we accept for the
federation the funds the Clttsens' alliance had collected for the families
of the Christmas eve panic.
"! replied that the striker* themselves had rslsed |«.«hhi, and tblf
wss sufficient; while we were grateful for the proffer, we could not
accept the money.
Crtiie left. Five minutes later the mine whistle* began to blow,
a* If It were a prearranged signal, and 150 members of the alliance in
\aded our room. \\ <• were seized an'l held by some qf the men. wftiie
others danced In front of us. striking us repeatedly In the face and
kicking our Itodles.
SAYS HE WAS SHOT FROM BEHIND
Finally some onr stepped behind me and shot me. I fainted when
the first bullet entered my back. 1 don't remember the second and
third
"When 1 recovered consciousness, we were being passed from one
man to another down the stairs As they passed us along, each on«
struck no.
"Itctween lines of dancing, shouting members of the Citizens' alli
ance. we were passed along In this way to the railroad station. There
their fury abated somewhat —through fatigue. 1 guess. Hut the mine
whistles continued their unearthly shrieking, and the men their howl
Ing and dancing. ,
"Two deputies bought our tickets and accompanied us on board.
There I received first aid. and my wounds were dressed again when w»
reached Chsnnlng
DECLARES HE WILL RETURN TO CALUMET
"\fter I left the strike district. I received the best of care. All my
wants were attended to. I'm on my way now to a Chicago hospital, l
hope to be recovered enough to return to Calumet before the miners
rio anything to Injure themselves"
The two bullets In the fleshy part of Mo\er's back. It was said,
would be pemvoed today. He suffered more pain, however, where the
third ball ripped his scalp. His race and body, too, were shooklegiy
bruised
Tanner, though also badly bruised, was not shot.
He asserted the attack was part of an effort by the Citizens' alli
ance members to use the Christmas eve tragedy as a means to end the
strike
Their theory, he believed, was that if Mover and himself were elim
inated, the strikers would accept outside aid and return to work.
SHERIFF DENIES SHOOTING STORY
CAM'MET, Mich.. Dec. 27.—
Sheriff Cruzo of Houghton county
Issued a positive denial today that
President Moyer wan assaulted,
shot and expelled from the copper
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country. The whole affair, he de
clared, was a "frameup" to t:#ln
sympathy He had Investigated
carefully, he (.aid. and had failed to
substantiate the mine leader's
story.