The Seattle star. [volume], December 30, 1913, Image 1

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IT'S WORK THAT THESE MEN WANT-NOT CHARITY!
Seattle, Tacoina, Spokane, Portland, San Franciaco, Lot Angelrt—these cities and the coun
try roundabout are rich. At this time the coast is in a position to prove to the rest of the world
that its advantages and resources, so widely exploited, enable it to tide over a crisis independent
of Wall st.
For some years past real estate men and railroad agents and chambers of commerce have
been urging Easterners and Middle-Westerners to come to Washington, Oregon and California.
Most glowing and enthusiastic promises have been made.
Once a year each city count* noses, and boasts loudly of its increased population.
Seattle has boosted with such signal success that there are, at the moment, more men than
jobs. Thousands are out of employment and without means to get back to the place from which
they came.
WHAT LISTER SAW ON VISIT TO FREE HOTEL
Flashlight Picture Taken by The Star Photographer a t 10 o'Clock Laat in the Old Providence Hospital, Fifth Av. and Madison St., Which Ha* Been Converted Into a
Pitt Lodging Hou«e for the City's Jobless. The Men Are Shown Packed Together on the Floor. Sleeping in Blanket* W h>ch Have Been Donated to the Institution.
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(SHU IS HURT
111 HOCK BATTLE
ON PIKE STREET
In • mlitup with two men,
Mid to b* striking teamster*.
M. Lowl*. 21, rtding with H D.
Woods, a Seattle Drayage A
Storage Co. driver, wja otruck
on tho right arm with a rock
and painfully hurt Tuesday
morning at Broadway and
Plfco.
Wood a escaped Injury In the vol
Joy of atonea hurled during the
quarrel.
William Behulberg. 29. and Pete
Sawyer. SO. teamater*. were ar
roated and booked on a disorderly
conduct char**, a* the men who
threw the rock*.
Attending police court this morn
tug. where <•»*** against teamster*
were continued until lan. '■>, ( or*
Berndal 21. a teamster. wa« point
ed out aa the man who assaulted
W. R Smith, during trouble ye*
terday afternoon at Pier 14. Ha
wsa arrested by Sergeant* I>agn«r
lad Wilkes
John Wise, a Seattle Dravage *
L gtorage Co driver, was struck In
L the face and hla left cheek laid
5 ©pen by a heavy spike yeaterdav at
V Second a* and Main .t wh*r« he
S» v «aa unloading rice The police
looking for his assailant,
"f ...
EYRES ARRESTED
Ordered to move on during an
altercation wllh John Potts, a team
s/er yesterday afternoon, with
whom he wa* debating the tearn
otera' strike, Walter Kyren. of the
Pyres Transfer Co . Is said by the
police to have struck at Patrolman
W. J. Tobin with a cane lioth
Kyres and Poll* were taken to the
pollen station.
Slight disturbances broke out
again In the strike yesterday af
t«rnoon. Twelve men were arrest
ed for undue activity,
WILL TELL 'EM
BAN FRANCISCO, Hec :;0 'Jov
Hlratfi Johnson will announce defl
liltely by Saturday whether he will
be a candidate In HIM for any po
|H|i a I office A promise to Uilh ef
fect was given by Johnson here to
day
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At the beflinnlnjj * h « y tjr
tb< rt> were In 'liin country In actual
oi'' ration uatioiiHl tMnk;. rf^i
reuniting a paid-in caplUl uf $1.
01C.012,680.
VOLUME 15. NO. 2t>2.
"JUNGLE COURT"
KEEPS ORDER IN
HOTEL DE GINK
The "Jungle court'" at the 'Palace
de "Ho." Seattle a munlcli>al home
for hoboes. la a aerloua affair. In
the future It will be more aerloua.
A atern edict ha* gone forth
Hla dignity aoiely offended by
threw men who violated their prom
iae to appear before him, after l>e-
Ing arrealed for violation* of the
hobo law, hi* honor, "Skinny"
O'.Mara, Judge of the "Jungle court."
declared emphatically laat night
that hereafter every gink arreated
will be alammed In de can and held
for de court until trial la due "
No Smoking Allowed
When chief of the house bulla ."
'Tap' llatdy. opened the Jungl
court hearing last night In aun
torlan tone*. "Hear ye' Hear ye'
Jungle rourt la now In aeaalor..
Take off yer hata and ditch yer
snipe*,'" the hat of each man cam
off and the cigarette* and plp»».dla
appeared.
"Moocher" Fall* to Appear
A 'bo. discovered "mooching" by
meana of hla union card, did not
appear
"That man la not a hobo In prin
clple." aald the court "He did it
fer a bad purpoae for to give till*
outfit a bad eye Jt'a up to yu men
to put a atop to It. If we re gonna
have* any reputation In thl* burg
We gotta work fer our good name
Evidence to show that No 417 M
a "stew bum" *»* Introduced.
He was blacklisted arid hla nam»
*< ratched from the union roll.
Three othera were held In con
tempt of court, because thev vlo
lated their word when released on'
their own re< ognl/anqe
Judge Threaten* 'Em
I ".Youae guya don't hold dla fourt
In very high regard," aald the Judge
"Youae ain't on the squnre Her
after all ginks arrealed will he
■lammed In d« < an ai rjpcc
What waa really the flrat case
and the moat Important from all
vlewpolnia came when I'o llrown
waa called on a charge of spitting
from a fourth fbx* window lo the
Bide walk.
Utility, yeronner." aald 'Mo
llrown, a liuel< chap
"Did yu tlnk d«t de proper ting
in do?" naked the court
Must Chop Wood
"No, air, but the glnka wu* all on
I heir 'blanket*. Me floor waa full
iitid de aplttoona wild gone. I looked
'down to mai-e aure no one wiih
I paailn ." pleaded 110 llrown
I "House bull" No. «08 corroborat-
The Seattle Star
Ed th* teatlmony
"Two houra work on the wood
pile, conalderln' all aa has been
aald." sentenced Judge O'Msrs "Dla
la Jeat a warnln' We gotta atop all
aplttln, especially on de sidewalk
Kf a man la a gent he won t do II "
• • •
That Mr. Seattle Cltlien, la a
aamplo of the hobo American
wanderer, who la within your
mldat, without work. He I*
trying to ahow you ha la "on de
level." and la only waiting for
"eprfng to open up." when the
work will etart and give him a
chance to leave a life that la
Irksome, at the beet.
The horde of Idle men In Seattle
are Ju*t one division of the vast
army of 100.000 or more unemploy
ed men up and down the Western
coast.
They He man to man. parked
cloae on the four floor* of the
"Hotel de (Jink" at nlfht. They eat
two dishes of mtilllgun a day and
gel aome bread and an apple each
If there are anv U* be had
There la nothing magnificent,
naturally, about the 'bo palace. And
yet It la not a bail place to may If
one la broke and down and out. It
I* much better than Jail, a reeking
saloon or the damp, rold atresia II
la ' lean, for a scrub squad la buay
every day.
Llater Inapecta Hotel-
While 500 Hbrlnera were waiting
for liov I,later at 11 o'clock last
night, he waa buay looking Into
- very little nook and mrner of the
Motel de (ilnk." escorted by Mayor
('otterlll and fla-ty
The governor allpped away from
tho Hippodrome Juat after Ih"
lengthy apeerhmaking on the i ur
r« ncy law to a< cept tin
of l»»ff Dnvla to visit the "palace
' Ikiora ain't open nTler 10:,10,"
called a aleepy "Jungle cop," aa the
party knrwked at t li«- door
Hill leff Mavis finally Induced the
"bull" to let the governor aee Ihe
place. .
The governor »n« Impressed with
the n« alnewH and clennllni'Hs of the
rootiiH Me grew enthualaatic on the
way 111 rough the building.
This la a fine Idea." lie said I
had no ld''» the men ware really
trylrtg to effe< t aurli a good organ
Ixatlon."
The man who gets a refutation
for being clever generally liaa to
alt up nlghta to keep It.
KAIN TONIGHT ANH WKDNKSDAY; MODKRATK SOUTIIKAST WINDS.
THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS
SEATTLE, WASH. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1913.
SMITH BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
WORK FINISHED
The la*t bit of outer con
atruction work on th* Smith
building, th* 465-foot tkyscrap
er at the corner of Second av.
and V**l*r way, wa* completed
today when workmen "eet" th*
final piece of terra cotta direct
ly under the big lamp.
The dab. which measured 18
Inche* tquare, wa* inserted
without ceremony. Robert Prltt
and Earl Shaw performed th*
final job ouspanded from a
flimsy scaffold 355 feet above
the *treet.
Two thouiand tons of t*rra
cotta has been used in the con
structlon of the building.
HOLD HEARING
ON TICKET SALE
Aaalatsnt Corporation Counsel
Pierce left for Olympla at noon
Tuesday to appear for the city In
the proceeding* Initiated before
Judge Mitchell of Thurston county
by the Pilget Hound Traction. Light
Si Power Co to stay the order of
the public service commission for
the restoration of the aale of tick
ets on car* In Seattle
The hearing la scheduled for
Wednesday morning at 9:30.
These Bankers
Know Women!
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—The Cit
izens' State Bank of Lakevlew,
a suburb, will open a bank
with a dressing room where
women may remove currency
from their stockings.
W. T. Denlson, new secretary o
the Interior for the Philippines. I
In Scuttle today «n .route 10 hli
new post.
KING IS MIXED UP IN A SCANDAL
I'AltIS, Pec 30. Not only was j
there practically certain verification
.here today of the recent repott tluil
'when King Alfonso wa.t lust. In
Krance. he inel Pflncess Marie of
Sweden, hut It developed that the
affair was the source of no Inconsld
erable scandal In Madrid and In
London, Alfonso's queen being a j
I Mrltlsh prlnueaa. I
It i> time, then, for the city and state officials of these three great empires to act. To keep
these men and women here, contribute* as they will to the general advancement of the coast,
if given employment, is the part of selfish wisdom. The further development of the coast will
need them urgently by and by. ill . /
Now, through drastic emergency provisions, living wages can, and ought to be, arranged tor
the unemployed, by loosening the purse strings and ordering the construction of county and city
improvements. . , . „
Hunger makes men desperate. There is unrest in the army of the unemployed. Ureat
Credit is due to the leaders of that army for having held in check the rank and file.
LET THE POWERS THAT BE, THEREFORE, SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION BY
TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROVIDE WORK.
For it is work the men want, not charity.
BRIDE WHO CAPTURED BANDIT
WILL RECEIVE $12,000 REWARD
Mrs. Arthur E. Colen and Ralph
Robert Farias, Bandit Murderer,
Whom 9ho Captured.
That there was any actual 4mpro
'prlely In the Introduction was not
'believed, but In view of the fact
that Princess Marie had Tied from
Stockholm as a result of uuarrels
with hoi husband, I'iinn William,
who wiis said to be about to sue for
a divorce, It was looked on as a
inlarlng Indiscretion ou the Spanish
I ruler's part.
ONE CENT
NKW* HfAMU n«i
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 30
Mrs. Arthur E. Colen, a bride on
h' r honeymoon, wan responsible
for the rapture of Ralph Farlss, 22,
who confessed ho In the bandit
who recently held up several trains
and killed James Montague, trav
eling passenger agent for the
Southern Pacific, In his last train
hold up nerir K1 Monte, Cal.
Mrs, Colon and her husband were
passengers on that train on their
honeymoon and were robbed by the
bandit.
Recently they »v* re returning
from a shopping expedition, and
while walking along tho street met
and recognized Parlss as the man
who had robbed them. She kept
watch on hlrn while her husband
summoned the police.
Farlss has been sentenced to l>e
hanged.
Mrs. Colen ami her husband are
entitled to $IS,OOO reward $5,000
offered hv the railroad and $7,000
offered by the postal authorities.
I'nder the direction of atti rney*
retained by lit* father, the fight to
save Furls* from the gallows Is on
today An attempt will lie made to
have th'' death sentence pronounc
ed upon him net aside on techni
calities.
ONLY A WOP!'
WHAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE?
The fire burns cheerily on the hearth and fills the room
with grateful warmth. One after another, the coals ignite,
sending out sputtering jets of flame. Slowly they disinte
grate, fall asunder, and die The dead ashes sift through
the bars.
Your shadov.' dances grotesquely again>t the farther wall.
• • • • •
The night fir# boas at mine No. 14, at Black Diamond, found
gat on the tenth level on the night of December 24.
The day fire boaa, deecendlng ahead of the mlnera. found
no gat.
80 the minora entered the tenth level, which it 3.700 feet
below the turface of the earth.
Flrat went John Jackaon, the beat miner in all Black Dia
mond. the light from hit open, unprotected lamp piercing the
Stygian darknett And after Jackaon went Amedio Ru»*l. A «•
WOP
They, and thoae following, had juat pasted tlope No. 7
when the gat. which the day fire bott had taid wat not there
exploded with a roar that thook the earth to ita tubterranean
deptht. And a wave of white-hot air awept back. Some fled,
and to eacaped. Othera threw themtelvet face down and the
hoiocauat paated over them.
But Jackaon fall dead in hi* tracka. burned to a critp, on*
blackened hand atill graaping the handle of the pick with which
h# had expected that day to attack the fiva-foot aeam.
The wave caught Ruatl, THI WOP, but he did not di»—
than. It burned hit clothes from hit body; it teared hit fleah
horribly. Two daya latar Ka died In agony.
• « « * •
Deputy Coroner MacDnaakl cnnductcd au. inquest ye«- .
terdav. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Silvain representing
the state
The jury found Supt. Christiansen, Foreman Wesley
Williams and Frank Bussi. acting fire boss, guilty of gross
neglect. Christiansen and-Williams for having allowed open
lights to be used and Bussi for having failed to ventilate the
gangway. No. 8 slope is a new working. It had not been
connected up with the chute which carries poisonous and
igneous gases out of the mine.
In a little cabin on the scarred hillside, are a vacant-eyed
woman and a brood of little wops. For a little while the
woman is too immersed in her sorrow to even think about a
new and puzzling economic problem which she must some
how solve For there is no wage-earner in that cabin now.
But no matter. He was only a wop. There are always
men ready and anxious to take the places of those who die
while digging the world's coal.
Today another man is digging in slope No. 8, 3,700 feet
below the earth's surface.
• • • • •
Your shadow on the farther wall is still. The coals on
the hearth arc dying. So heap on more coal, and let's be
warm.
SHRINERS OFF ON LONG VOYAGE
Because 200 American! in
Manila wlah to become Shrin
ers. 220 men and women left
Seattle at noon today on the
steamship Mlnneaota for the
Philippine laianda, to Initiate
the candidatea Into Nile temple.
Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine
"It does seem rather odd. coma
to tlitnk (if it." laughed ('apt i.>hn
Hex Thompson, potentate of Ni l ■
temple. who Is In charge of the pll
primage. "Rather odd, at that. 220
ppople going 12.000 mllps to itilti
GOVERNOR WILL HELP SEATTLE
"If two cities In Washington
are Qoing to contend for a re
gional reserve bank, it is very
probable that neither one of
them will get It. It Is my be
lief that if Seattle does not get
the bank It will not be placed
in this state at all. I want to
assure you that my efforts
shall be to secure the bank for
Seattle."
Thus spoke Oovernor Ernrst l.ls
tpr Monday niniit at the Hippo
drome, where prominent business
men and officials of I'uget sound
cities lauded the new currency law.
praised President Wilson, and ex
dinne d nin:;i at illations on (|M be
lief Hint the das- of panics in no
more and that a new <ira of pros
perity l« dawning.
.Neirlv 4.000 citizens listened to
NEW PENNANT COUPON
BILLIE BURKE POSES
VVttK The Co-Ed
Art Series of Pennants can be had at The Star office
ami its branches by presenting tliis coupon ami 20 cent.s
for each I'ennant. I'wenty-five cents by mail.
Main llranch: Northwestern Photo Supply Co., Inc.
(Eastman Kodak Co.) 1320 Second Ave.
Bathing Girl Pennants can also be had this week.
NIGHT
EDITION
otp 200 Into a lodcp. Put, you knew
of course, that a new lodge canaot
lx< started in our order unless thera
are 40<» members. So. for that rea
son, we shall initiate the MamU
randldates Into the Seattle temple.
The (Ireat Northern doek wits
crowded with friends of the depart
ing pilgrims, who wished thetn a
hearty bon vojage.
The Chicago delegation was en
terlalned at a hall last night in
Scottish Kite tetuple. About 1 .<>(,'<}
nobles and their wives enjoyed tii«
farewell function.
the many tulks with unusual en
thusl-ism. Time after time, aa
speakers explained that the cur
rency law means a stable prosper
ity the hall shook with cheers.
.1 \V Maxwell, president of the
National City bank, was chairman.
Telegrams from interested men
In the Northwest were read, en
dorsing Seattle as the loglaal
place for the bank, anions them be
in* one from .1. F A. Strong, gov
ernor of Alaska
WILL AID 'BOES
The "Hotel de Clink" will be fur
nished free water and ilsht i> :h««
city. A resolution favoring the
hoes at Providence hospital with
these utilities w as passed by co'incil
Monday.