The Seattle star. [volume], February 18, 1915, Image 1

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Arrest Prominent Doctor in War on Drue Traffic
WHY conns?
TO the independent voters: Why Josiah
Collins? The Star asks the question in all
fairness.
Why ahould Joaiah Collina be elected to the
council? Why ahould Collina WANT to be a
councilman? What ia the excuae?
Let ua consider Josiah Collins honestly, with
out prejudice. Let us get away, aa it were, to
a quiet corner, where we can think clearly and
honestly.
Josiah Collins has lived in Seattle since 1883
—a matter of 32 years. If there is any excuse
for Collins' election to the council, certainly the
length of his residence ought to make it very
easy for him or his boosters to point it out.
What is the excuse? What has Josiah Col
lins ever done for the happiness of the average
person in Seattle?
His friends say h« is a "public spirited" citizen.
Why? What has he ever done to earn thia
praise? What have been the public spirited
acts that recommend Collins?
Up to four years ago, Josiah Collins' fame
extended only to the society columns. He was,
and is, an ideal master of ceremonies. He
knows all the rules of etiquette and can lead
a cotillion with the best of them. From that
standpoint he has been very "public spirited."
His membership in the Rainier club, in the Golf
and Country club, the Junior Chaperon Danc
ing club, the Union club of Tacoma, and other
exclusive clubs, has fitted him with a most ex
cellent training for social duties.
It was, therefore, entirely proper for the
Chamber of Commerce to appoint Josiah Col
lins as chairman of the entertainment commit
tee on various occasions.
It was also fitting that Josiah Collins should
have been chairman of the Committee on Cere
mony, Music and Entertainment of the A.-Y.-P.
exposition. In fact, it waa most fortunate, for
when President Taft visited the fair, no lesa a
person than Joaiah Collina ACTED AS THE
PRESIDENTS CADDY ON THE GOLF LINKS
AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.
Wealthy, Collins had retired from active law
practice for many years, and was quite free for
social activities. As a toastmaster at banquets,
as master of ceremony at dances and entertain
ments and bridge teas and tango teas, Josiah Col
lins has no superior in Seattle.
It was only this sort of activity that engaged
the time and thought of Josiah Collins until,
in 1910, he was elected to the state senate.
The Star takes it that a man in public office
should reflect, to some degree, at least, the wishes
and sentiments of the public. What has been
Collins* record in the senate? The Star will let
you judge for yourself.
Josiah Collins was one of three sen
ators who voted against the mothers'
pension law.
Collins voted for the amendments
that would have defeated the wom
an's eight-hour law.
He voted against the red-light
abatement law.
He voted against the workmen's
compensation act.
He made the motion in the 1911
session to kill the bill to abolish
hanging.
He voted against the minimum
wage law for women.
He introduced a bill to allow aliens,
who are not, and refuse to become,
American citizens, to own land in this
state.
He voted for all amendments that
would have killed off the initiative,
referendum and recall, but on the fi
nal vote he recorded himself in favor
of those measures.
He voted for the logged-off land
bill, but when the Chamber of Com
merce came out against it in the King
county election, COLLINS SAID HE
VOTED FOR IT WITHOUT FULLY
REALIZING WHAT HE DID, AND
HE MADE SPEECHES AGAINST
IT.
Last year Collins was one of the
members of the charter commission,
which recommended the Hinky Dink
charter for adoption by the people,
and which the voters promptly and
decisively refused to adopt.
This, in brief, is Collins' record.
WHAT IS THERE IN IT THAT
FURNISHES ANY EXCUSE FOR
ANY INDEPENDENT VOTER TO
SUPPORT HIM IN THE ELECTION
OF MARCH 2?
The Seattle Star
The Only Paper In Seattle That Dares to Print the News
VOLUME 17. NO. 305
IIUKOBIIJI
President Declare#
He Will Permit No
Embargo on Arms
to Be 11 i g erents;
Washington Ad
mits Grave Possi
bilities Lie in Pres
ent Situation.
\\ VSHIMiTON. Feb.
IS.—President Wilson in
dicated today that he would
not permit an embargo on
exportation of arms to bel
ligerent nations in Hurope.
such as suggested in (»er
many's reply, made public
today, to the United States'
protest against danger t<>
neutral shipping in the new
war zone in waters sur-,
rounding (ireat Britain.
An embargo on the espor
tation of arm* to belllgerente
would be e completely unneu
tral act. Wllaon told a com
mittee of women who preeent
ed a petition, algned by 25.000
. pe'eont, atking tuch an em
" ftJTtMgn VWe. t„ |t,
note to Weahlqulon, hinted broad
ly that this counter ought to slop
telling rimiraband to the allle<
President it Oottmittic
Prealdent Wllaon v:e*t the In
ternatlonal situation optlmlattcally,
despite present compllcat'ons and
grave posalbllltlea. It sn officially
announced today.
Secretary Bryan hurried to the
\\ hlte House early today for a 30
minute conference
Germany'* war tone proclama
tlon was giving government offi
cial* more concern than anything
else, but I'realdent Wilton believes
It Improbable that any American
ships will be torpedoed
Won't Send Warehipe
No American warship* will he
sent to the new war gone for the
present Secretary l*anie|s said
today he was not considering them
either to convoy merchantmen or
for general protection of American
•hips outside of the tone
Although German dlapatchea aald
the German reply was handed to
the American amb issador \\ ednea
day, a cahfr from Ambassador
Gerard dated Wednesday said It
had not yet been received This
has increased the anxiety of offl
rial*, but their courae la shrouded
In aecrecv.
Consider Brltleh Note
The last paragraph In the |ate*t
fti Irish not* hss augmented the list
of serlou* developments. Some of
ficial* are Inclined to regard It as
the equivalent of saving that If tier
many Is not going to respect Inter
national law. Kngland will act In
a like manner
President Wllaon coneldfied the
note cloaely today
The complete reply of the Mritlsh
government to America's protest
for better treatment of American
commerce hy Great llrltaln't navy
was given out last night.
No Point of Dlvitlon
It concedes that foodstuffs In
tended for the civil (K)pulatlon of
a country are not contraband, but
points out that ' In any country In
which there enlsta auch tremendous
organlr.atlon for war aa now oh
talna in Germany, there Is no clear
division between those whom the
government la responsible for feed
ing and those whom It Is not "
SI A I I I I , \\ ASH., IIIUKSIJAV, H:H. IS. I'MS
CHIEF ACTORS IN AMAZING CASE OF MARGUERITE MURTHA
THIS it her devoted titter, who
tearched for the miaemg girl and
waited and watched, who brougnt
"little titter" home.
Girl, 14, Sentenced to 7
Years for Being Mother
law and Society Join in Persecution of Marguerite
Murtha; Court Forbids a Wedding
NEW YORK, Feb 18 —A
court of justice, a "Houee of
Mercy" and organized charity.
In the ehape of the Chlidren'e
Society of Brooklyn, have all
aentenced pretty Marguerite
Murtha of Brooklyn, an unwed
mother of 14 yeart. to bear a
nameieee child
The girl'e betrayer, a youth
of ?0, walke the streets, a free
man, under euepended ten
tence.
Efforts of Mre. Suean Mur
tha. mother of the pirl mother,
to have the aentence of aeven
yeare In the "Houee of Mercy"
impoaed upon her daughter
aet aelde. having been una
vailing
Since Marguerite waa bet raved
hv Samuel Jarobeon. who took her
to live with him In Hatbuah, the
Children's Society of Brooklyn
was relentlessly on the trail of
Marguerite
Stays on the Street
Adete Murtha. too. Mirguerites
sister, haunted Flatbush day and
night In the hope of getting a
trace of her elster One night she
stayed on the atreet until 3 a tn ,
thinking ahe had seen her alster
and might see her again
The Children* society finally
found Marguerite. and I lit t Ice
Mayo sentenced the girl mother to
the Mouse of Merry for seven
years
In it■ r«|Kirt to the court, the ao
clety said Marguerite* family was
PRESIDENT WILL NOT CALL
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1* There li
will be no extra session of congress '
was the word given today on the
highest authority.
II was Indicated that President .
Wilson la favorable to the plan toj l
allow the Weeks Gore compromise i
THIS It the 14 year-old girl «mo
it about to become a mother, who
la barred from bearing her child
legally by the law!
unfit to isre for he BECAUSE
HER SISTER ADELE STAYED
ON THE STREETS LATE AT
NIGHT.
Marguerite has been transferred
to a hoaplttl temporarily, ao that
she may Hear her child, but when
she goes to the Mouse of Mercy"
It will tie with emptv arms They
will not re. elve babies born to In
mates there
Court Forbidt Wedding
Jaoobaon was willing to wed
Marguerite and give their b*bv a
name hut the court forbade that
for the alleged reason thot Jacob
aon could not support a family
"I wie not allowed to tee my
little girl when eha wae held
by the Chlidren'e eociety,"
aobbed the girl'a mother
•'They drove me away when I
tried to talk to her. She
wrltee me every day from the
maternity ward In the hoepital
and bege me to eend her
candy and a doll. Oh. my God!
Think of It! She It going to
have a baby of her own In
April—a baby that the law and
charity will not permit to bear
Ite father's name AND SHE
WANTS A DOLL."
—______________
TO GIVE UP SAUSAGE
HKKI.IX. Feb 18 A \oluntecr
movement has been started among
Herman boy* to do without the
sausage they usually take to achool
for lunch and eat only black bread
ship purchase hill to go to confer
ence for about ten day*, to permit
the passage by both hoiiaes of the
big appropriation bills
Afterward another Bttempt proli j
ably will be to pass the ship
bill, but If tlie filibuster continues
the bill will be abandoned
WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED
KAISER ASKS
U.S.WARSHIPS
IN WAR ZONE!
HKKI.IX. via Amsterdam. Feb
1* The text of the German reply
to the protest of the l ulled States
regarding Germany'* proposed war
on llrlttah merchantmen waa made
public tnd*>
In It Germany firmly reiterates
her determination to continue to
the end her submarine blockade of
the Itritlnh coast.
The tone of the note is espei ial
Iv frlendlv to the I'nlted States
but It declares Germany took this
step onl\ after mature deliberation
and only ' liecause the measures
adopted by the Kngllah are in vio
lation of the accepted principles of
International law "
The note recommendi that
the United Statei government
tend warehipe to England to
convoy merchant vetteit
through the danger lone at te
curlty againet attack, with the
underetanding that veeaela thue
guarded thall carry no war tup
pi lea.
The foreign office points out that
neuttala have the right, which they
I ahould exercise, of forcing a cessa
| tlon of trade, and especially arms.
; with Germany's enemies
Germany Retente U S Attitude
The note adda: The German
government feels obliged to point
out with emphasis that traffic in
arms, estimated at many hundred*
1 of millions, it being carried on Iw*
tween American firms and Ger
many's enemies Germany compre
i henda that this Involves no formal
1 vlo atlon of neutrality."
Hut, the note declares. Germany
'eels her commerce rights have
been prejudiced by the fact that
neutrals, "In safeguarding their
1 rights In legitimate commerce with
Germany, have, up to the present,
achieved no results, or only Insig
nlficant results, while making un
limited use of their right to carry
on a contraband traffic with Kng
land and other enemlea "
———————————
Jamet L. Wilklnaon appointed
Chief Inspector of immigration at!
'San Francisco.
ONE CENT
THIS It the fond mother whote
daughter it barred from her armt
and home, though the weept the
hourt away.
WHATCOM
HITS TANKER
IN DENSE FOG
W hlle creeping along the south
ern end of the harbor in the dense
fog Thursday morning the steam
er Whatcom. Puget Sound Naviga
tion Co. lost her way and rammed
the Nuana. a steel vessel, which
hss been out of commission sev
eral years This afternoon the
Nnana was reported sinklug
The W hatcom was only allghtly
damaged and was able to make het
regular run to Helllnßbain. She
was on her way for fuel when the
accident occurred.
The Nuana ha* been uaed for
storage purpoted by the (ieneral
Petroleum Co Oil poured from a
l>l* gap made bv the Whatcom
I'ntll the oil thine out there l»
serious fire dancer.
The Whatcom alao chipped a
piece from a trestle after hitting
the Nuana.
MEET TONIGHT TO
DISCUSS BRIDGES
I'ropoaed bond Issues for the
construction of a bridge across
Ijike t'nlon at 10th N. K. will be
discussed at a meeting of the
Tenth Ward Improvement club to
night In Maya hall. Fifth N. E.
and K 42nd.
BUSMEN TO PROTEST
A mas* meeting of jitney bus
owners and drivers to protest
against legislation now under con
slderaiion at Olympla. requiring
bonding of all Jitney operators, ha*
been called by the Seattle Auto
Transit association. at the l.von
building. Third and .lames. Friday
night, at Proposed city ordi
nance* will alao be considered
MAY PASS OVER VETO
oI.YMIMV Feb. I s " Republican
leaders predict the senate, too. will
pass the McArdle over the ru\-
ernor'a veto.
Night
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THIS it the tedueer who, thougn
willing to marry Marguerite Mur
tha, it forbidden the chance to right
hie wrong by a New York court.
ADMITS
HE GIVE
COCME
Dr. F B Whiting, phyeiclan
in the Cobb building, was plac
ed under arreat Thuraday noon
for furnlahlng morphine and
cocaine preacriptiona to Chaa.
R Mac Donald. a dope fiend.
The arreat wai made In the
office of the proaecuting attor
ney, where Whiting had been
aummoned for an explanation
following the arreat of Mac-
Donald, Wednesday night.
Confronted by Mac Donald
and preacriptiona filled out in
hie own handwriting. Dr. Whit
ing admitted hia guilt.
"Vea, I gave It to him," he
aaid. "I felt aorry for the
man."
Mr. Whiting admitted he had ac
cepted $2 from Mac Donald for on*
prescript ion
MacDonaM left four prescrii>-
tlons at Hanks pharmacy, CtiOO
First ave to be filled, he said. The
orders called for enough of th«
drug to annihilate an army. Th«
suspicions of the clerk were arout
ed lie notified the iiolice.
Mac Donald returned to the store
Wedneaday night. As he picked
up the package of drug from the
counter. Detectives Majewski and
Teyser stepped from behind tue
partition, and he was arrested.
A "pal" waiting for Mac Donald
outside the store escaped.
The federal law which become*
effective March 1, requiring all
physicians and druggists to account
for every grain of drug disposed of.
will make It virtually impossible
for drug-users to procure "dope."
(Hp police say This, they say, I*
musing some of the fiends to stock
up now.
l)r Whiting was released on
ft.ooo bond*